Stotfold is a very pretty village -cum- small town some 45 miles north ‘ish from Woodford Green and home to Steve & Robert who have been very dear friends for 15+ years.

Our friendship first blossomed in the early 2000s when Steve and I worked together in London. It was just one of those meetings when you know that a life-long friendship is born and it wasn’t long before we met socially and our mutual love of good food, good company, board games and an adult drink or two was born.

As usual, we re-connect in the middle of a sentence, likely the remaining half of when we were together this time last year, and head off for a good walk to burn some calories before lunch at a glorious gastro pub in Henlow called “The Crown” where I gorge on Gammon and Duck Egg with pickled onion rings and gooseberry ketch-up! Oh my, it is simply spectacular and good brain fodder for an introduction to a card game called “Uno” which we play all evening while sipping a glass of Prosecco into which is added a shot of Vermouth. Wow, what an interesting and different drink it is with the Vermouth, certainly something to try again.

Dear boys, Robert, left and Steve.

It’s all green – Stotfold farmland with a single wind turbine on the horizon.