We hashed at The Bramble Hill Hotel yesterday with H4 and what a hidden gem this 'could' be. An amazing rambling pile in exquisite gardens just out of Bramshaw. My wife and I used to drink there in the early days of our marriage. Before the drink driving thing came into being, but that's another story of what we did in those days. One of the guys whose jaw dropped on arriving, he lives not far away and didn't know it existed, said it resembled something from The Shining, which I know is a film but I haven't seen it. I suppose on a dark and stormy night, you would think twice about venturing up its long narrow rhododendron hedged drive and knocking timidly on the door.
Whilst they warned that a lot of hashers would turn up the didn't gear up and the bar service was abyssmal. I got there first and had no problem. It was the hottest day in the year so far and we all opted for the garden, but once again they had not geared up for any visitors regardless of us. One or two cheap plastic tables and chairs, no parasols. It spoiled the ambience and you could tell by the disappointed reaction of folk turning up for their Sunday lunch.
Apparently it is owned and operated by a genteel old dear and only opens 3 days a week, so I suppose she ain't going to spend much on the place. Pity.
Look it up if you fancy a good (by all accounts) Sunday lunch and maybe a room.
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The exterior shots in the movie, The Shining, were filmed at Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon, USA. Some of the non-studio interiors, too. But perhaps the location to which you refer looks like this:
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