Wellingtonia 29

With the next phase of lockdown looking likely to kick in soon, we thought a short expedition to the cake shop between Thames Ditton and Surbiton was called for, our first drive out of Epsom for quite some months now.

I had rather thought that Surbiton would include some large old houses which might run to Wellingtonia, and so it proved to be, with our going past one just to the south of the roundabout where Langley Avenue meets the Upper Brighton Road. Couldn't actually touch it without wandering into the owner's garden, but I thought it was near enough to score.

Houses which probably ran to maids and housekeepers at the time they were built, but are rather large for your average suburban family now. Quite apart from cost of purchase, running and maintenance costs must be pretty hefty compared with what we pay for our 1930's estate house here in Epsom. Quite a few, for example, still have what appear to be wooden sash windows.

In any event, when freedom of movement is restored, I dare say Surbiton will prove a good hunting ground.

Reference 1: http://psmv4.blogspot.com/2021/03/wellingtonia-28.html.

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