3 Jun 2009 - CBMW Parcent Walk

This was the last CMBW walk of the season. It would be too hot to walk until the end of September, when the new season starts. It is a tradition for the last walk of the season to be a hsort one, and then have a menu del dia at a nearby restraurant. This year it was decided to hold it at Parcent and have the meal at the cooperativea

We would rather not do the last walk, because there are always a lot of walkers, many of whom are really only there for the meal. And we are not very keen on a large meal at lunchtime. But David and Rosemary were walking, and it is our local walk, so we decided to go.

There were more than 80 walkers, and poor sleepy Parcent must have wondered what was happening. It was a new walk to us, and quite enjoyable despite the huge crowd. But the meal was a disappointment. The cooperativea was just not up to serving 80 people all at once and the service was pretty slow. It usually only has the Parcent people to cater for and did not appear to have increased their normal staff to cater for the bigger numbers. We were also quite surprised that the cost of the meal was considerably more than their normal menu del dia.