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With time rapidly dwindling I went down to Banbury way this afternoon to visit my brother et famille before I leave, taking the opportunity to say goobye to two young nephews - one of whom was able to appreciate some of the implications of what I am doing, "But what if you get sick?" he asked. :-)

Back up to Stoke in the late evening. Last day of preparations tomorrow.

... fair grounds, trying out our skill at the various games. Jonathan used his good cricket skills to win a coconut at the coconut shy. Dad won a box of chocolates at the shooting gallery. Grandma, Aunty Ann and Michelle all donated money to the ball rolling lady when they unsuccessfully tried to win something at her stall. We finished off our visit with an entertaining time at the old printery. The kids managed to win some postcards ...

... surprising was that the weather was hot! Needless to say Frernk opted to stay in the background. You might be able to spot him looking cryptic in one or two photos. This is because he is really insecure and needs to either be the centre of attention or else gets in a bit of a sulk if no-one is paying him any attention. Here are the people who came: Phin - he made a cake and brought some presents ...

... nejaku feministicku slezinu...:-)))) Ked odchadzala prisla ku mne a spitala sa ma, ci takto moze ist... -ako keby som sa tomu rozumel...?!? Dalsim eventom pre mna bola, konecne uz navsteva Warwickeho hradu. Kto ma pozna, vie ze som na podobne veci vysadeny, takze "nebolo o com"... Bola to proste parada. I ked pre tunajsich je vrcholom sezony leto, na jesen mal hrad a okolie tiez svoje caro. Pofotil som co sa dalo :-)

Woke hearing the ringing of church bells from Holy Trinity for the 6am and 8.30 am services – such a lovely sound!!. Lay in and read for awhile before heading out to Kenilworth Castle (about 20 mins. away) with Stephen & Michele. Cost 4 pounds 95 for me and 2 pounds 50p for Nathan (total $17.50)



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... rolls from a French patisserie for lunch. We got back to Stratford about 3 pm and read a book for a few hours. We went to the "Dirty Duck", a Black Swan pub for dinner. Had a great day – love walking the public footpaths and plan to do lots more in the future.

... come home.






We walked around Holy Trinity Church looking for Shakespeare's grave. Didn’t find it, but had fun reading the headstones. Found out later that it is inside the church. Bought some duck food for 50p ($1.15) and fed all the swans, ducks and geese.






Then into the info centre and booked our ...

Woke up early again and it started to snow & was 0 degrees! Had a lazy start to the day. Nathan had a huge breakfast – 3 pain au chocolat, 1 apple, 1 mandarin, 1 piece of toast with an egg!








Today was our hiking day and we drove 1 hour to the village of Bibury ...

... was used to create electricity. We then walked down to the boathouse on the River Avon. We had a great time and really enjoyed it all.













Afterwards we wandered around the town and found a tearoom because Nathan was dying of cold and needed a hot chocolate. It's a pretty town – some ...

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We then went home and went for a drive to Bourton-on-the-Water. We paid 3 pounds to park the car for 3 hours and walked into the village called the Venice of the Cotswolds due to the number of little bridges over the shallow little stream running through the middle. Has lovely pubs and beautiful shops. Stopped for lunch and ...