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When Sally went to Westgate as a child

Her family took delight in getting lost.

Setting out each evening - as the mild

Mid-summer air cooled and the host

Of day trippers disappeared - they

Would search the lanes and byways, putting trust

In providence to find a different way

To an undiscovered pub before the dusk.

Today, we walked for further than we'd intended

As far as The Dog & Duck at Pluck's Gutter

But, lunching in the garden, all was mended,

For to be honest, it really didn't matter

That one of us had misread the map

Especially now there's Shepherd Neame on tap.

Dr Brian Hick summer 2011

©copyright Sally Hick 12.7.23