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- Oct 4, 2024, 10:31 AM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 130 m
- EnglandCotswold DistrictBourton on the WaterBaptist Church51°53’1” N 1°45’25” W
The Cotswolds
October 4 in England ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
We spent a lovely day driving around the Cotswolds today. After our customary home breakfast of scrambled eggs and juice we headed off in the car. It was about an hours drive away through pleasant countryside scenery.
There are quite a few towns in the area but we were only doing a couple as they’re relatively similar. The first town we stopped at was Bourton-on-Water, which was a sweet little town next to a small river as the name hints at. We investigated some of the little shops before stopping for cream tea (scones with tea or coffee). I was a little disappointed with today’s scones - they had sultanas in them (how could they?) and the cream was only enough for one half plus it looked more like butter than cream. I think most people know how I like my cream 😆
The river flowed quite fast and the poor ducks have to paddle so hard just to stay in one spot! It looked fun for them speeding off with the current though!
All the houses in the different towns of the Cotswold are built the same with the same brick and style - yet again more unique architecture!
Eli discovered that Jeremy Clarkson’s Didley Squat Farm Shop was in this area so we had to make a trip to visit. Even though it’s off peak tourist season, it was still packed with people, the car park was full and the road verge lined with cars! They were doing burgers and drinks in the barn and then there was a long line for the shop. Since we’d driven out here we thought we may as well join the line! We came away with some breakfast supplies and cheese to try.
We visited the town of Bibury where there’s a popular row of houses for photographing. We stopped for lunch here, Cornish pasty and sausage roll - quite yummy and then had a small walk to the famous row of houses. I feel sorry for the people living in the houses - I would hate having tourists gawking at my house every day. But maybe they’re only holiday houses or something.
Then we had a pleasant drive back to Bath, after which Eli had a heated conversation with the courier people delivering my suitcase as once again we missed them. We had rung them to say we would be home at 4.20pm, could the driver wait for us to arrive. They arrived at 4.09 and apparently couldn’t wait 10 mins for us to get there. It seems bizarre way to operate a lost baggage courier service. Rather than work out a time convenient for you they keep turning up and missing us as we aren’t there. We were around Bath all day yesterday and could have popped back to meet them but they never emailed yesterday. They also provide a two hour window in which they deliver, which they came outside of today anyhow 🤷🏼♀️ we don’t want to sit around for 2-3 hours waiting for a suitcase to turn up. Oh well, maybe I’ll see it in London as we’re ending up there tomorrow!Read more
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