There are places I'll remember ...
Today we visited the towns of Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold. (See my new hat on the table in the first photo?)
For lunch Earl had fish and chips -- it comes with peas?!? Pretty standard. He could choose regular peas or mushy peas.
For once, I chose a traditional dish: a potato jacket. But I asked for the baked beans to be on the side and not on the potato. Such an American!
After being on the road all day to Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold, now we're back in our cottage and I just want to leave my Bottom-in-the-Chair! It's a good time to share with you some of the beauty of these little towns we've been going to ...
The town of BIBURY
Just as in many U.S. towns, many Cotswold towns have rivers running through them ... and the rivers are lovely to stroll along. Here's the River Coln in Bibury ...
You're free to walk into the rivers around here, as shown by the steps (below). We haven't seen any Do Not Swim/Enter signs in any Cotswold waters.
Bibury's River Coln goes past the Swan Hotel (below).
As we were walking along the river, all of a sudden we saw the famous "Arlington Row," (below) a group of cottages built for weavers in the 1600s. This scene of cottages, looking like it should be on a box of chocolates, is used on the inside cover of every British passport.
As we enjoyed walking the lane in front of the row of houses, I noticed, behind a gate, a house that would be perfect for my granddaughter Felicity. Felicity likes little houses.
The hamlet of Shilton
We drove into this little hamlet one day and parked the car just to "be." This is totally a residential town with one business -- a pub. Walking up and down the sidewalks was so quiet and peaceful.
There are hundreds of little hamlets like this in the Cotswolds, where you might see a thatched window like this (below) ...
or a horse in a backyard ...
.. or this unusual set-up (below). At the end of a small lake in Shilton, the road goes into the water and comes out the other side. If you want to get from "here" to "there," you go into the water. The little bridge is for pedestrians. There's a marker by the road (see the white pole sticking up) so you know how deep the water is today.
The Mister and I sat on a bench by the lake just waiting for cars to come along, which wasn't often but they did and through the water they go! We took video for the grandkids to see.
We chatted with a resident of the village, home from South Africa, who told of cars getting stuck or losing their license plates if they tried to go across when it was too deep.
I cannot tell you enough the slow pace we have. We sit, we talk, we walk some more, we sit and read for an hour, and one of us stretches and says, "Ready to get going?"
In Shilton, Earl and I stopped in at the Rose and Crown pub -- without a doubt, this is my favorite pub in the Cotswolds so far.
I'm such a big city person, but I'm loving these villages and towns -- and hamlets, too. As the Beatles said, "There are places I'll remember all my life ..."
You got that right!
Thanks for reading!
Jane
For lunch Earl had fish and chips -- it comes with peas?!? Pretty standard. He could choose regular peas or mushy peas.
For once, I chose a traditional dish: a potato jacket. But I asked for the baked beans to be on the side and not on the potato. Such an American!
After being on the road all day to Bourton-on-the-Water and Stow-on-the-Wold, now we're back in our cottage and I just want to leave my Bottom-in-the-Chair! It's a good time to share with you some of the beauty of these little towns we've been going to ...
The town of BIBURY
Just as in many U.S. towns, many Cotswold towns have rivers running through them ... and the rivers are lovely to stroll along. Here's the River Coln in Bibury ...
You're free to walk into the rivers around here, as shown by the steps (below). We haven't seen any Do Not Swim/Enter signs in any Cotswold waters.
As we enjoyed walking the lane in front of the row of houses, I noticed, behind a gate, a house that would be perfect for my granddaughter Felicity. Felicity likes little houses.
Felicity, if you had this little cottage, you could invite Gram over for tea! Let's have Earl Grey!
The hamlet of Shilton
We drove into this little hamlet one day and parked the car just to "be." This is totally a residential town with one business -- a pub. Walking up and down the sidewalks was so quiet and peaceful.
or a horse in a backyard ...
.. or this unusual set-up (below). At the end of a small lake in Shilton, the road goes into the water and comes out the other side. If you want to get from "here" to "there," you go into the water. The little bridge is for pedestrians. There's a marker by the road (see the white pole sticking up) so you know how deep the water is today.
The Mister and I sat on a bench by the lake just waiting for cars to come along, which wasn't often but they did and through the water they go! We took video for the grandkids to see.
We chatted with a resident of the village, home from South Africa, who told of cars getting stuck or losing their license plates if they tried to go across when it was too deep.
I cannot tell you enough the slow pace we have. We sit, we talk, we walk some more, we sit and read for an hour, and one of us stretches and says, "Ready to get going?"
In Shilton, Earl and I stopped in at the Rose and Crown pub -- without a doubt, this is my favorite pub in the Cotswolds so far.
I'm such a big city person, but I'm loving these villages and towns -- and hamlets, too. As the Beatles said, "There are places I'll remember all my life ..."
Thanks for reading!
Jane
Love seeing all the sites you are enjoying.
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