The Judgement of Paris Mural in England

You may have heard of the famous Judgement of Paris, a competition held in 1976, when a blind tasting of wines baffled the French who were amazed when the prize-winning wine they had selected as winner of a competition turned tout to be not from France but, guess where?

California. USA.

I was delighted to find a mural displaying this famous scene is at The Vineyard Hotel.

The picture shows a long table with people seated at the back and the two short sides like The Last

The Vineyard At Stockcross, Newbury, Berkshire, England

You can see photos and reviews on TripAdvisor.
Search images in Google and you will find pictures and stories from Decanter.com and newspaper post .

In the picture the famous organiser of the competition, Steven Spurrier, who still talks about it at dinners, appears on the far right of the photo.

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Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, researcher, author, speaker.

Where to see statues of Sir Nicholas Winton, Britain's Schindler

Sir Nicholas Winton died July 1st 2015, aged 106. He was the man who saved 669 children, mostly Jewish, by organisation their travel by train from Prague and stays with families in England.

He lived in Maidenhead, Berkshire. That is where you can see a depiction of him as if he were sitting on a bench on platform three.

Where else can you see a monument to him? Already there is another which he saw in his lifetime, on Prague\s main station in the Czech Republic. This statue shows him standing, carrying a child.
Photos taken show him returning to the statue and meeting some of those he rescued.

Photo from Wikipedia shows Sir Nicholas Winton at Prague station in the Czech Republic.

Luděk Kovář – ludek@kovar.biz, sculptor Flor Kent - Self-photographed

Memorial of Nicholas Winton, the saviour of 669 jewish children from former Czechoslovakia; located in Prague Main railway station, installed 2009-SEP-01, sculptor Flor Kent (her other sculpture “Für Das Kind Kindertransport Memorial” was installed in the Liverpool Street station, September 2003)

Nicholas Winton (19 May 1909-1 July 2015) helped organise the Kindertransport. Wikipedia has details of two books about him as well as several films.

Angela Lansbury, author, travel writer, photographer and speaker.

The Royal Oak restaurant, Pale Street near Maidenhead, Berkshire

Where to take family or friends from overseas for Sunday lunch out of London in the countryside? We really wanted somewhere on the river but the forecast was overcast weather so we settled for a country pub with good food, cross-checking the Good Food Guide and Michelin. Our first choice was an old favourite at Bray, but they were fully booked. We found The Royal Oak pub restaurant.

From the outside it's a plain white traditional building, but the Michelin signs in the window are promising, and one step inside the door - low step - mind the step - you see a smiling face to welcome you, a fireside, an old pub and beyond that a bright, white modern restaurant.

Pre-starters

Main courses

I ordered chicken. 

The fish and chips came with large chips. 

Desserts

Rum baba

Rhubarb crumble

What's not to like? Not enough vegetables, unless up you pay for a side order or think potatoes are vegetables. Bread is a paid for pre-starter. Twelve and half per cent service charge. Fifteen minutes wait for the rhubarb to be cooked through. But the well-heeled, well-spoken crowd did not look like they were in a hurry, not watching the time nor counting the pennies.

Lots to like about this place, apart from the food and wine list: the bag hook marked bag in the ladies toilet, the garden area where you sit watching the wall waterfall, the toothpicks in a cover like a mini matchbook. 

The Royal Oak

Haley Street

Little field Green, Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 3JN

reservations 01628 620541

info@theroyaloakpaleystreet.com

www.theroyaloakpaleystreet.com

Angela Lansbury BA Hons, author, travel writer, photojournalist, speaker. More about and by Angela Lansbury the author on Lulu.com, Facebook, linkedIn, YouTube.