Wow! Where'd all these Herts/Beds owners come from :wink:
There's enough country pubs around with big car parks for a little get together and there are some good stretches of road (some around Gaddesden Row by Hemel and others over by Whitwell between Harpenden and Hitchin that immediately spring to mind, sure there are others).
Maybe sometime the start of Oct or something? Between work and hols I don't have a free Sat/Sun till then.
I love Hertford and go there every so often for wine. I also love the loughton area. My brother worked in Theydon Bois ages ago. really nice bakers there.