Country pub of the week: The Packhorse, Mapledurham

Oxfordshire charm: the Packhorse is a refuge foir travellers - (The Packhorse Facebook)

Put the saddle on the horse to chase the fox. That was the line locals used to remember the order of the three pubs — the Pack Saddle, the Packhorse and the Fox — that weaved out from Reading into the Chilterns.

It’s a long time now since the Fox became an Indian restaurant, and then was flattened to make way for charmless houses.