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    • TravelerThe Motherland & Beyond
      21
      Day 19

      Cheltenham via Birmingham

      June 5, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Jarlath and Jenny dropped myself and "Mr Boofle" off at Rugby station after a great few days of reminicing and seeing Rugby and surrounds.
      Of course, the day I left Rugby, British Rail was having a few issues, and I had planned to meet my friends Dave and Bev in Tamworth and then head to Cheltenham by car. But never fear, the Motherland is criss crossed with rail and while the direct route to Tamworth was not running(overhead wires were down), I jumped on the train to Birmingham and then down to Tamworth. Met an interesting character on the train who said his cell phone wasn't working and he needed to get hold of his Governor as he was returning to prison; "Could I phone ahead for him and tell his Gov he was going to be late?" ( as with my new aquantaince, I was just out of minutes 😉)
      I arrived in Tamworth to be met by Dave and his brother in law Rob. We headed off to Robs house where I met up with Bev, Dave's wife and Sally, Rob wife and their son , Wills. Rob, Sally, and Wills had been in NZ earlier this year, and I had a drink with them on the Wellington waterfront. Dave and Bev, whom I first met in 1983 in the Motherland, had been to NZ and stayed with me in 2020 just after my accident. It was a great reunion. After sitting in the Tamworth sunshine in Rob and Sallys backyard sipping tea (a cracker of a day), we headed to the "Tame Otter," a local pub by the canal.
      After a traditional British pub lunch, we walked the canal seeing a number of " narrow boats" and interesting sites. These narrow boats are so interesting, and as with British Rail, canals also criss-cross the country and in past had acted as trading and shipping channels for the country. They are still in existence and functioning over 300 years later.
      So after a pleasant afternoon in Tamworth, Dave, Bev, myself and Coco, the spaniel, headed to Cheltenham. Oh, how I love Britain!      Read more

    • TravelerThe Motherland & Beyond
      1
      Day 23

      Down the country lane.......

      June 9, 2023 in England ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

      What is more exciting than going to the Morgan factory? Driving a Morgan down a country lane also walking a country lane with my new BFF, Coco.
      Bev took me to their local church and to see the Tithe barn opposite the church. Located in the church grounds was a very ancient bee hive or Bee house to house hives.
      M.y good friends arranged for me to meet their good friends, Martin & Vanessa of Rosetree Cottage, and head out in their 1998 Morgan, I was in heaven.
      The next day, we headed for the Forest of Dean, where we .trekked through a Royal forest that Henry VIII once hunted in, and probably King Charles hunted for Camilla in, or was that lusted after............
      Saturday evening, we all headed for Tewskesbury to hear Dave's Choir, Cotswold Male Voice choir, world famous! Before the concert, we toured Tewkesbury having an ale in a 14th century pub still serving beers in barrels.
      Today, even more cars. Dave took me to Highnam Court, a stately home owned by a friend. There were classic cars on show that would be exstinct or never seen in NZ.
      These experiences really make England such a great place to visit. Within a 10 mile radius of my friends house and village, there is more history and experiences than we can ever imagine in NZ.      Read more

    • TravelerThe Motherland & Beyond
      2131
      Day 20

      Three Counties in a Day

      June 6, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Tuesday, we set off to explore Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, and Worcestershire. This was a lovely road trip, first arriving in Ledbury, a market town, where we strolled the main street and lunched in a pub dating back to the 16th century. I'm sure the beer was 16th century, warm and flat(as a flea's fart - a local saying).
      After lunch, we headed off to walk in a large estate, Eastnore Deer Park, admiring the countryside and taking in the view of a local Eastnore castle still in private hands. The countryside is almost manicured with perfectly straight trees that haven't been ravaged by winds and fields with plenty of colour and wildlife.
      Wednesday, we made the pilgrimage to Worcester city and the cathedral. A magnificent Roman town with reminents from AD600. We toured the great cathedral and wandered the docklands as Worcester was a port, now home to some luxury vessels and long boats.
      In the afternoon, I had fourty-winks, and then Bev and Coco (the dog) took me on a walk up a country lane in Hartpury. The afternoon was finished off by scones, clotted cream, and strawberry jam, oh to be an Englishman once again.      Read more

    • TravelerLondon2023
      2
      Day 5

      Diddly Squat in the Cotswolds

      September 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

      Leaving London and the Phoenix Hotel at Kensington Square Gardens for the Cotswolds today. We piled into a Mini Cab (Uber) and headed back to Heathrow to pick up the hire car.

      We were lucky enough to get an upgrade, which we thought was great. To find out our upgrade was to an EV………… that means no internal combustion engine 😮. We hopped onto the M4 and off we went, quietly towards Stow On The Wold. We bypassed Oxford (we will explore it tomorrow possibly) and went on the B roads which took us through some beautiful little villages and towns on the way to Stow.

      We rolled into Stow about 2pm. Is such a pretty village with a huge open area that was once the market square selling hay, grains, livestock and other local produce. Its now a huge parking area for tourists and locals as there is no off street parking or very little.

      We are staying at Victoria House. It is a beautiful old 19th century former brewers house located on Sheep Street. As beautiful and full of history as these old places are, they are very uncomfortable to be in during an English heat wave, 34 deg today.

      We had a wander around Stow and looked in the shops and bakeries, even stopped for a cuppa. After our walk we went back to Victoria house to unpack before heading of on a drive to Chipping Norton for a laugh to see Clarksons Farm.

      It was a lovely drive through the tree lines back roads. We arrived at the Didley Squat Farm Shop but unfortunately Jeremy Clarkson wasn’t there.
      By the time we took off from the farm, we saw we needed to charge the car.

      Should be straight forward we thought……NOT. You would assume England would have this electric vehicle infrastructure sorted……WRONG. We have found it hard to find a charging station. They all charge the car at different electrical rates, and nowhere provides free charging. We had to leave the car at the Tesco’s on their charging station for hours. Dan and David went back after dinner to get it, luckily Tesco’s shuts at 11pm.

      Been another big day, looking forward to more exploring of the Cot Coty Cotswolds!      Read more

    • TravelerUK 2023
      1
      11112
      Day 16

      Tewkesbury

      August 7, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      So it's not just Castles, Cathedrals and antique shops: Today we enjoyed a boat tour of Tewkesbury on the River Avon. It was very pleasant. It was a little boat with only 10-12 aboard. The skipper had some interesting things to say about the history of the town. The Avon is quite a long river and if we had plenty more time we could have ended up in Stratford-on-Avon. I think our 3 hour parking would have expired.

      The Tewkesbury Antiques Centre was a treasure trove. We both had a good poke around and found some things to buy.

      Then we went to check out the Abbey. What a lovely building. This has been around for 900 years. I put my phone timer on to remind me to head outside in time for the chimes on the hour - I've missed them everywhere else. Success.

      After Tewkesbury we still had some time to kill, so we decided to visit the Slaughters - Upper & Lower Slaughter. Weird name! I think everyone else had the same idea. We drove there but couldn't find anywhere to park. So we drove up and down the lovely street a few times then drove home. Seems no point living in such a peaceful place that everyone in the whole world wants to visit which surely ruins its peacefulness.

      We passed this absolutely gorgeous thatched house. Murgatroyd got a bit confused as we did a U-turn or two to get a photograph.      Read more

    • Avoiding the heat EU tour
      14
      Day 104

      Model villages

      December 16, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Today we decided to explore the Cotswolds, we began our journey in Broadway, where we admired Broadway Tower but didn't explore inside as the entry was £20 per person?!

      We then headed to the pretty village of Stow-on-the-Wold (yes that's a real name) where we saw St Edward's Church, where old yew trees flank the north door of this scenic church with a tall tower built in medieval times. It is said that these doors inspired Tolkien's vision for the door to the Mine of Moria.

      The next stop was another village with a fake name Bourton-on-the-Water. This village was stunning, we grabbed a creamed tea in a cafe near the lake that goes through the town before exploring through all the laneways and checking out all the shops. This town is what Nyora and Daylesford aspire to be!

      The next and final stop was Bilbury where we checked out Arlington Row, a row of heritage listed houses that look exactly as you'd imagine a little English cottage to look like.

      After stopping of at Lidl for dinner snacks we headed to our hotel where we enjoyed some pints in the bar below before hitting the hay.

      Steps: 10.1k      Read more

    • TravelerExploring Europe
      Day 11

      Christmas Eve

      December 24, 2019 in England ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C

      NOTE: I’ve been quite slack on the old the blog of late. I guess I’ve just been enjoying this place too much. The next several days will just be a brief summary and more photos. If you haven’t been following along with our daily videos on Instagram we’ll also pop them up on here. They pretty much sum up each day within a minute.

      We pick up the story on a chilly morning at our cosy little BnB in Chipping Campden. We can’t get enough of this beautiful country side. THr cotswolds have been a real treat. We explored the little town for a bit before heading slightly south back to Stow-on-the-Wold, one of the main Cotswold villages, to meet up with James, Jess, & Hudson for brunch. We were about to part ways for the remainder of the trip so needed to get our Hudson fix before we wouldn’t see them for 5 weeks.
      We ate an explored the great village shops on offer. It wasn’t long before they had to hit the road again so we sadly said our goodbyes and waved them off.

      It didn’t take long before I heard the first “I miss Hudson… and James & Jess”

      We didn’t have time to mope about though, it was Christmas Eve and we had presents to buy. We set ourselves a budget, and a time limit to cruise the stores in this awesome little town separately and buy each other as many little presents as possible. We met back up in an hour with bags full of the goods. Great fun!

      From Stow-on-the-Wold we aimed north. We had to cover a bit of ground if we were going to make it to our next destination. We aimed for Sheffield, a fairly large and grungy city just north of Birmingham. We mad it to our quaint BnB in the city, wrapped our haul of presents, ordered uber eats, and hit the hay.

      Asher ☺️      Read more

    • TravelerExploring Europe
      Day 10

      Rolling through those hills

      December 23, 2019 in England ⋅ ☁️ 6 °C

      This morning was a very slow morning, We slept in and checked out what was around us on our phones. Turns out we were staying on the grounds of Dyrham Estate. Dyrham Estate was a beautiful country home/castle belonging to someone important. But more important to us, it was used in one of the opening scenes of the movie ‘Australia’. Just a simple fly over shot but still...This led to us watching the first half of ‘Australia’ as we spent the morning hours relaxing. We checked out of our little cottage and wandered down to check to the Dyrham Estate. It was extremely picturesque. Quite cool to be able to stay right next to it. Jo felt like she was in a scene straight out of a Jane Austen film/novel.

      From there we jumped back in the car and headed to Bath. Bath was extremely busy with so much traffic. We drove to the top of the hill for a spectacular view, and then back down to ‘The Circus’, a famous circle of buildings situated in Bath. Soon the chaoticness and business just became to much. We decided to give those Roman baths Bath is famous for a miss because it was just too busy and we had to hit the road.

      We drove north, our route, through the Cotswolds. We cruised though the rolling hills of west England, amazed after every corner we took. We travelled through many beautiful old stone walled farms and stone housed towns. It was just so refreshing being in the country. We stopped for a late lunch in Tetbury, a spectacular old stone town full of amazing old pubs, cafes and gift shops. We found an awesome cafe, ate, and played some cards before hitting the road again. We were trying to get to our AirBnB before dark and we had to make tracks to get there in time. We were heading to a little town called Chipping Campden at the northern end of the Cotswolds.
      We managed to make it, just, after getting a little bit lost before finding our little farmstead studio. The owners met us as we drove in and were so lovely. They showed us the ropes and left us be. This beautiful farm was situated onto of Dovers Hill which overlooks the township of Chipping Campden. We relaxed for a bit. Then headed doesn’t he hill into the cute little town covered in fairy lights for some dinner. We found an amazing Italian restaurant… the amount of Italian we eat you would have thought we were in Italy! We’re both obsessed with it! We dined on spinach and ricotta ravioli and wild boar tagliatelle before heading back up the hill to finish our movie ‘Australia’ and had to bed. Very excited to explore this little place in the morning with a bit more light and also meet up with J,J, & H again for brunch at Stow-on-the-Wold, another beautiful Cotswold town.

      Asher ☺️      Read more

    • Europe, England & Greece 2023
      15
      Day 29

      Manchester to Stratford-Upon-Avon

      July 13, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

      Road trip south today to catch up with Sarah & Paul. They visited us earlier this year in Melbourne.

      The EV tyres needed to be adjusted with the four of us plus luggage. I’ve learnt a great deal from Alan about electric vehicles. This Kia is a great car.

      After a delicious lunch with Gail & Alan we headed off to Reading. We will see them again tomorrow.

      The afternoon activity was to firstly visit a historically important manor and gardens that is owned by the National Trust.

      Records of the Hidcote Manor date back to 1539 but the gardens were more recent when they were established by a Lawrence Johnston who bought the 287 acre Hidcote estate in 1907 for £7,200.

      Lawrence moved into Hidcote and began to build his dream, of a world class garden and it is magnificent. The garden has plants from all around the world and is brim full of colour and bees!

      Hidcote was transferred to the National Trust in 1948. We thoroughly enjoyed wandering around admiring the different sections. A truly classic English garden.

      Next stop was to visit one of the areas oldest pubs. On the way we called in to pick up Emily (Sarah & Paul’s daughter).

      Emily and her partner Toby have just bought a brand new 3 story house in an estate that was an airfield during the war. She was very excited to show us through. Emily is a fabulous artisan baker and Toby is becoming a plumber. Cute couple.

      The Fleece Inn is also owned by the National Trust and was originally built in the early 15th century as a farmhouse. It later became a pub and remained in the Byrd family until 1977 when Lola Taplin bequeathed it to the National Trust. The Inn suffered serious fire damage in the thatch roof in February 2004 but survived. The entrance is barely 6 foot high and the bar seats only 4 patrons who didn’t mind posing for a photo. All the other rooms are set up for meals or a quiet place for a pint. The fireplace even has the original white circle markings to ward off witches.

      Back to Sarah & Paul’s for a delicious home cooked meal. Toby joined us, so we got to meet him for the first time. The workers get up early so they took off after dinner.

      At dusk we all took a walk to check out their allotment which are strips of land you rent on which you grow vegetables and flowers. It is a great concept and we checked out the tomatoes, lettuce, beans, rhubarb, squash, and more.

      Then we wandered down into the village and like all of these estates there is a manor. It is a beautiful place here. No wonder Paul & Sarah love living here so much.      Read more

    • Womoblog.chEngland/Schottland
      Day 32

      Uley

      September 28, 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

      Nach drei Wochen sind wir wieder bei meinem Bruder gut gelandet.
      Zuerst ist einkaufen angesagt, am Abend erwarten wir die Nachbarn zu einem Apéro, bei denen wir unser Knutschi parken dürfen...
      Dann kommt Lola an die Reihe, Marcel und ich gehen mit 🐕‍🦺 spazieren, während Rolf noch etwas arbeitet.

      Einen schönen Abend genießen wir mit Fotos und Fachsimpeln. Die Nachbarn bewundern uns, welche Strecken wir mit unserem großen Womo gefahren sind, sie getrauen sich das mit ihrem kleineren nicht.      Read more

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