Chipping Campden and Fairford

As usual, we waited until the last minute to pack and headed off from Beaconsfield at around 11am. We headed to Chipping Campden- a beautiful village filled with houses using the gorgeous Cotswold stone, a light yellow/amber local stone. We saw a market hall from the 1600s and ordered the weirdest sandwiches ever (Grandma’s kitchen looked like a professional operation compared to this spot). But the owner was lovely and the sandwiches did the trick. We found the stone that labels the start of the Cotswold Way, a 100 mile path from here to Bath. We took a short 2 mile hike to Dover’s Hill. Gorgeous views of sheep-filled green hills. Next we drove for a quick view of Broadway tower, but decided to head to our bnb rather than stop. About 45 minutes later we found our cottage in lovely Fairford. The host had made us brownies and homemade bread and left eggs, butter and milk for us which was a nice surprise. We walked the 10 min to the high street and found the local market and got what we needed for breakfast tomorrow. We walked back to a local Italian restaurant and had lovely pasta, gnocchi and pizza. We peaked through the windows of the shops and the found a path along the river Coln and wound our way back home. This sleepy village is just what we needed. Home for a game of battleship and a fire and tucked in for the night.Weiterlesen