Route to Hook Norton from M40 J10 For over 25 years Victor Smith has enjoyed this route on his way to visit the brewery at Hook Norton and then enjoy lunch at the Pear Tree nearby with fellow V8 enthusiasts. It is a wonderful start to the annual International MG Meeting at Silverstone. (5.7.07) Leaving the M40 at Junction 10 (marked A43 for Northampton and Silverstone), you travel north east a very short distance on the A43 and then turn left at a roundabout and go north west to the village of Aynho. As you near Aynho you reach a sharp left bend and then some speed reduction layouts. Aynho is an attractive village. As you leave the Aynho village you turn sharp right, drop down a hill and turn left on the way down. A straight road is ahead of you with a bridge in the distance which takes the M40 over the road. You pass under the M40 and then head west on good country roads through another attractive village, Deddington. As you leave the centre of the village you reach a set of traffic lights where you go straight on. The road is then a wonderful route through farming country and several sleepy villages. At one stage you cross the canal but approach the narrow bridge with the greatest of care. On reaching the junction with the A361 (the Banbury Road) turn left and after a mile or so, turn right for Swerford and Hook Norton. It is fair to say the route from this point is a maze of narrow lanes but follow the Hook Norton signs and you arrive in the village. It is essential you drive with the possibility of meeting riders and pedestrians on these narrow roads. Once in Hook Norton village turn left and pass the Sun Inn and then the church, following the directions in the detail map below to the Brewery at the west end of the village. As you make your way to the Brewery you pass the Pear Tree Inn. Lunch at the Pear Tree at Hook Norton - Gavin Bailey, John Targett and Clive Wheatley. (Photo: Victor Smith) The Pear Tree Inn is at the end of the narrow lane you enter to make your way to the brewery - yes it is called "Brewery Lane"! The attractive pub and serves Hook Norton real ales and delicious bar snacks including ploughmans with a large slice of Stilton. The pub lookks out on a triangular green and has a garden which is a pleasant place to have lunch when the weather is fine. . Chris Vernon's MGBGTV8 at the Hook Norton Brewery. (Photo: Victor Smith) John Targett with the Windy Gale at the cellar door. (Photo: Victor Smith) Route from M40 J10 via Aynho and Deddington to Hook Norton Route from the A361 (Banbury Road) - turn off at a sign post marked "Swerford"