Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to you and yours. Last night after we had crammed into the standing room only carol service at the tiny Mary Magdalene church in Crowmarsh, I had an enjoyable couple of pints of local brew River Crossing in the pub in this picture in the village of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, although that photo was taken a year ago!

The Red Lion is a traditional 16th Century half timbered, thatched pub that almost burnt to the ground in 2001 but was rescued by brave local firemen and then rebuilt and is still rightly popular locally.

Brightwell-cum-Sotwell is a pretty village that used to be two villages and lies between Didcot and Wallingford close to the Oxfordshire and Berkshire border and it’s where I will eat, drink and be merry all day. Enjoy yourselves.