Deddington to Bicester

Flying home tomorrow and nothing planned so we did a recky on packing in case we had accumulated too much. Looked ok.

We then decided to go for early lunch and ran into Charlie, the owner of this BnB. He suggested a place in nearby Deddington where he lives. Charlie and his partner own a couple of these cottages, love this village of Adderbury, and have recently purchased a very old church next door to the cottages which they are renovating and converting to a Pilates Centre.

Had a roast lunch with a difference. The roast meat, some veg. & sauces in a toasted bun with small roast potatoes on the side. Tasty but different.

Took the hire car for a wash at Banbury then drove to Bicester (pronounced Bister) to this amazing complex of high end outlets such as Dior, Burberry, Hackett etc. I was faced with lots of bulbous lips, tight clothes, long lashes etc. walking along and shopping in the most expensive shops I have ever been to - and these were discount outlets. Apparently this complex is based on similar ones in America. It was so busy and popular.

Back towards the BnB and we had a pub pie dinner for our last dinner in England.

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