Gluten Free Nightmare

 

We went racing at Lingfield Park on Saturday night. As we’d been at our son and daughter-in-law’s for the day and our horse was running in the 8:55, we didn’t get there until about 8:00. We should have had supper.

Now, there was a bit of food left at the racecourse, but as it’s Letherby and Christopher, who believe that all coeliacs and others with allergies are lepers, we didn’t eat there, especially as we had our dogs in the car. Note that L & C don’t have any cider in the bars!

So leaving Lingfield at about 10:00 to drive round the M25, to get home, we needed something to eat.

Forget it. It’s bad enough if you aren’t coeliac, but if you are, all we could find in one services was muffins and the world’s most disgusting fried breakfast.

Surely with all the traffic late at night, those who own service areas can do better than that!

I do hope that the extension of licensing laws will mean that pubs will stay open later. Wouldn’t it be nice on a late drive to be able to go into somewhere and get a refreshing salad, some smoked salmon and new potatoes or even something properly cooked. I hope it happens.

By the way a few months ago on this part of the M25, we went to the Bell at Horndon on the Hill for supper. It was excellent! They say they are gluten-free. I’m certain they were! They also have rooms, so if you ever need a bed in that part of Essex!