Engineers Arms, Henlow

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=55 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id110.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Islington House, Charles Lamb"><U><B><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sunset, Arlesey"><U><B><IMG SRC="0420e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Trip 9 2009"><U><B><IMG SRC="0450e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=425 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> Engineers Arms, Henlow</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Four Photos</div> <div> <IMG SRC="895943f0.jpg" border=0 width="916" height="575" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Monday afternoon we hopped a train to Arlesey in Bedfordshire.  From here we walked to the village of Henlow on public footpaths, which </div> <div> extend virtually all across England.  The lovely wetlands walk to Henlow was a perfect way to spend an afternoon out of London.  Many of </div> <div> these walks can be found on the internet, though I also use books to find them.  </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="896975d0.jpg" border=0 width="919" height="605" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div>  Our main goal was to visit the Engineers Arms Pub, one of the finest in the county.  With seven beer selections on handpull and five</div> <div>  ciders, we spent a pleasantly tipsy afternoon.  We tried all the beer and three ciders, including a perry.  The pub was empty when we </div> <div> came in, but a few locals soon arrived.  The local <A HREF="http://www.camra.org.uk/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.camra.org.uk/"><U>CAMRA</U></A> representative, Cliff, came over and sat with us, and we talked pubs and beer</div> <div>  for a jolly hour or two.  On our way out, Cliff pointed us down the road to the Crown, and we headed there to sample their beverages.  </div> <div> You were right, Cliff, they pour a lovely pint of Adnams down there!  Great food, too.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="89792410.jpg" border=0 width="914" height="577" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cheers!  Some of you received this photo in an e-mail from the pub.  Deb had made her first wi fi connection!  What did they have to drink?</div> <div> Check out this list!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8cf94440.jpg" border=0 width="916" height="836" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The beer always changes.  Come back each week for a different set of real ales!  We tried everything they had!</div> </td> </tr></table></body>