Depending on where you live, you might know one of these three Harrows before you get to hear of the other two.
Harrow-on-the-Hill in north west London has the famous historic Harrow School. You can take tours of the school. Photograph the statue of Queen Elizabeth on the wall. Maybe see boys wearing boaters (straw hats) in summer. Browse along the dinky shops and restaurants.
Harrow station is at the bottom of the hill in the middle of the busy shopping area. Department store, Marks and Spencer, St George's indoor mall with the friezes of St George high up inside, so high you could go there for years and never notice them. Pedestrian area beyond. The station has two exits.
You can reach it on the Metropolitan train from Baker Street station. The Baker Street station is near Madame Tussauds and the statue of Sherlock Holmes and the Sherlock Holmes shop and museum.
If you are 'tired of London', as Samuel Johnson said, but not 'tired of life' as he suggested, take a jaunt
Harrow at Little Bedwyn is best reached by car. You can drive there from London and arrive in time for lunch, and be back in London for the evening.
Harrow at little Bedwyn is an expensive gourmet restaurant. Well worth the travel if you like that sort of thing. Go there for a special occasion. (A remote, small quiet, calm, countryside place, elegant - not for singing and dancing. If you don't want a birthday with balloons and crowds clapping, and all that fuss makes you cringe, you might prefer this discreet place.)
If you are watching your budget, get on their mailing list and look for the out of season offers in January or February.
The Joneses who run the Harrow and food and wine buffs. You can have a multi-course meal, and, if budget and health allow it, and being passenger or driver, heavy drinker or light sipper or professional spitter and taster, a set of matching wines.
Haro
Looking ahead to warmer summer weather, you might visit Haro in Northern Spain, the city at the centre of the Rioja region, mostly red, but also Rioja cava (which means cave) which is white. Look up Vina (there should be nya tilda over the n) Tondonia. We spent a happy holiday touring the vineyards. Some of the vineyards run tours which you have to book well in advance. Others are mass-appeal places which have a shop and constant tours.
So, there you have it, three 'harrows' two spelled Harrow and one Haro.
Useful Websites
Samuel Johnson Quotation
http://www.samueljohnson.com/tiredlon.html
Spanish Tourist Board
https://www.spain.info/en_GB/
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
See my other posts on Harrow on the Hill, the harrow at little Bedwyn and Haro. I also have reviews all over the net, on Facebook and Tripadvisor. Searches may bring up something I have forgotten which has great photos.
Harrow-on-the-Hill in north west London has the famous historic Harrow School. You can take tours of the school. Photograph the statue of Queen Elizabeth on the wall. Maybe see boys wearing boaters (straw hats) in summer. Browse along the dinky shops and restaurants.
Harrow station is at the bottom of the hill in the middle of the busy shopping area. Department store, Marks and Spencer, St George's indoor mall with the friezes of St George high up inside, so high you could go there for years and never notice them. Pedestrian area beyond. The station has two exits.
You can reach it on the Metropolitan train from Baker Street station. The Baker Street station is near Madame Tussauds and the statue of Sherlock Holmes and the Sherlock Holmes shop and museum.
If you are 'tired of London', as Samuel Johnson said, but not 'tired of life' as he suggested, take a jaunt
Harrow at Little Bedwyn is best reached by car. You can drive there from London and arrive in time for lunch, and be back in London for the evening.
Harrow at little Bedwyn is an expensive gourmet restaurant. Well worth the travel if you like that sort of thing. Go there for a special occasion. (A remote, small quiet, calm, countryside place, elegant - not for singing and dancing. If you don't want a birthday with balloons and crowds clapping, and all that fuss makes you cringe, you might prefer this discreet place.)
If you are watching your budget, get on their mailing list and look for the out of season offers in January or February.
The Joneses who run the Harrow and food and wine buffs. You can have a multi-course meal, and, if budget and health allow it, and being passenger or driver, heavy drinker or light sipper or professional spitter and taster, a set of matching wines.
Haro
Looking ahead to warmer summer weather, you might visit Haro in Northern Spain, the city at the centre of the Rioja region, mostly red, but also Rioja cava (which means cave) which is white. Look up Vina (there should be nya tilda over the n) Tondonia. We spent a happy holiday touring the vineyards. Some of the vineyards run tours which you have to book well in advance. Others are mass-appeal places which have a shop and constant tours.
So, there you have it, three 'harrows' two spelled Harrow and one Haro.
Useful Websites
Samuel Johnson Quotation
http://www.samueljohnson.com/tiredlon.html
Spanish Tourist Board
https://www.spain.info/en_GB/
Author
Angela Lansbury, travel writer and photographer, author and speaker.
See my other posts on Harrow on the Hill, the harrow at little Bedwyn and Haro. I also have reviews all over the net, on Facebook and Tripadvisor. Searches may bring up something I have forgotten which has great photos.
