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Cotswolds
... fame, it is also the birthplace of Winston Churchill. As we entered from a side gate, a great man made lake stretched along our right. An island and a huge stone bridge graced it. Further right was the first Duke's victory column. We passed oaks and lawn. Some of the former were 800 years old, and had trunks as great as the kauri we see in New Zealand. Walked from the car park to the palace. The shuttle train was not ...
Bourton on the Water
Well today we ventured off to the popular tourist attraction of Bourton on the Water.......a very popular village for tourists to go and explore the array of gift stores and coffee shops that line the stream that flows through the middle of the ...
Oxford, Stow-on-the-Wold
... But very peaceful now. Had quick peeks at the visitors' centre and a local second-hand book shop. Walked a few kilometres to a nearby town called Broadwell before walking back. This area is famous for its very English countryside. Stopped back in Stow for a home roasted triple shot flat white and wifi. Had some time off at the hostel. Dinner of sausage mash and veges at The Queens's Head on the opposite side of the ...
Swindon Duck Race - May bank holiday.
... too!
We made sure we are at the start to see the ducks enter (rather ignominiously) the water and at the finish when I'm sure I noticed big grins on the faces of the winners, some escaped downstream and did not want to get out of the water and those last in bobbed gently along, or as gently as they could within a stream that had quite a good ...
Dragonfly & Mayfly on the Wilts and Berks Canal
Canals and Rivers have featured intermittently in my life, starting with the Basingstoke canal which to me
was a sinister, green ribbon (the water was coated with duckweed) which I had to cross via iron bridges. I don't remember seeing boats on it. At college in London there was the River Thames which was spacious, lively with water traffic, flanked by ...