Time and time again we come back to Runnymede to have lunch or dinner with friends. Along the River Thames, on a brilliant summer afternoon, refreshed by a thirst quenching cold drink, the river and the blue sky merged to evoke the yearning for an eternal summer, for love and friendship.
The hotel had put out a chess game on the lawn for their guests, and it attracted children who decided to play the game their own way. They reminded me of Douglas Bader, the ace WWII pilot: "Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men."
