The White Lion of Mortimer - London, Stroud Green nr Finsbury Park

Visited 3rd October 2010.
 
Something a little different today. A friend of ours who is a keen dog fan is doing a charity walk for Dogs Trust and needs a hand getting the mutt mans best friend across London to Finsbury Park. Myself and Mrs S. truth be told are not really used to getting up early but on this occasion the alarm clock works and we managed to get our friend and four legged partner to the park just in time for registration. Now the fun starts. For a tiny person our friend turns out to be very quick and sets of at a cracking pace. Now I tend to amble along, Mrs S. is even slower. There is no way we are going to be able to keep up and it is only a matter of minutes before she is a mere speck in the distance. We complete one circuit of the park and then decide to take a shortcut across the middle and "catch up". We do and manage to spot our friend and let her know that we will just wander around until she has completed her four laps (10Km). And then we sneak of to the pub which is only half a mile down the road. By the time we reach the 'spoons we are both soaked through and not just from the rain. I quickly order a pint of Woodforde's Wheery and a Pepsi then join Mrs S. who has collapsed at a table by the window. We start to take stock of our surroundings which turn out to be decorated in a slightly unusual manner, everything is panelled and appeared to be painted in a very light colour. To be honest we were still drying out and getting our breaths back to take a lot of notice. Complements to Emma, who served us very efficiently. Drinks were drunk and we set off back to the park and met up with our friend. Our absence had gone unnoticed although we did come clean about our off site excursion. Yes... a very different way for us to spend a morning.
For anybody interested in a spot of sponsored dog walking check out http://www.waggywalks.org.uk/


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