London rarely feels like a city on the water, though granted the residents of, say, Wapping may see things differently.
The Mayfly, something of a celebrity pub to those in Stockbridge, is the balm for those with ears ringing from traffic. It is surely among the handsomest pubs in the country, lounging as it does by a muttering weir on the River Test. The water blooms and moves and soothes. Don’t jump in.
