After quenching our thirst with a mug of frothing beer we leave Kibworth Harcourt. Our coach gently manoeuvres down the road to the Coach and Horses , the first inn in Kibworth Beauchamp. We are greeted by the good landlord, Joseph Coleman and his wife. This very old hostelry has a wooden pump and long trough standing in front of it. Many waggoners, carrying coal and railway goods from Kibworth Station, stop here to water their horses.
Members meet at the bowling alley at the back of the inn next to outbuildings and the harness room.
Once again we mount our coach and continue the journey, gathering up speed as we pass the Church. Behind the inn is a large yard with stabling for 12 horses, pigsties and a blacksmith's shop. Feeling in fine fettle we clamber into our coach and start to get our voices tuned up, in preparation for the next stage of our journey. Cross bank floats by and the Old Swan appears. A great pub, where we all start singing along with the proprietor, Charles Watts, a popular bass singer in his day.