Saturday, 20 August 2016

Hello from Painswick

We arrived safely at Mick and Sue's - so wonderful to see them both, we sat up until 3:30am talking, laughing and crying.
Mick and Sue's place is wonderful, the birdlife is incredible, the badgers come down in the evening to be fed, the grey squirrels are everywhere, the mill pond at the bottom of the hill has a swan and goose that the village care for, in fact its quite idyllic.
On Friday we all went into Bath to walk around the Roman baths and marvel at the beautiful Georgian architecture, unfortunately we did have some rain in the morning, but the afternoon was fine and sunny.  We finished the day with dinnner at a local restaurant owned by a Romanian couple, the food was superb and the atmosphere friendly and relaxed.
Today we decided to have a quiet day, we slept late, had brunch and then I did some washing. In the afternoon Mick took us out for a drive around the Cotswolds to enjoy the marvelous Cotswold cottages and scenery.  All the open commons have cattle grazing on them, (take note our govt. They are not damaging the environment!!!) We finished with local ice cream and then headed home.
Tomorrow we are all heading to Stratford-upon-Avon to see Shakespeare's birthplace and take a tour of the theatre that is the local home of the Royal Shakespeare Company.  On Monday we are heading down to Cornwall via Glastonbury and Avebury.
Take care all,enjuoy the photos.







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