THE COTSWOLDS

Day 106 - 107
15/06/07 - 16/06/07

The Cotswolds, England UK
Acacia B&B Moreton-In-Marsh

Well, what a relief to leave that dingy accomodation in London. Paired with a sick Greg and a sick hotel room, I was feeling a bit sick of being in London, even though it's one of those great spots to be. The parks are great, the people are a little coolish, but the accent..oh, it's provided many hours of entertainment for Greg and I as we travel along. Reminds me of Fawlty Towers!

About Greg and his sinuses...not sure what to do about them - he won't see a doctor -and yet is suffering. His snoring has accelerated up a pace too.......

Which is making both of us very tired!

Ok, on to the Cotswolds.

We arrived in Moreton-In-Marsh after we caught the tube at Paddington Station. It took 2 hours and cost 42 pounds for the two of us. What a quaint little town. Stepping off the train at the old Moreton-In-Marsh station was like a new world, where we could breathe. Felt good inside and out. So green and pretty. It's summer here, but it's just so beautiful. Like our winter where the grass smells wet and seedy. It had that beautiful quiet and quaint english ambience.

Not really knowing where to go we just headed into the centre of the town, towards the tourist centre..and on the way there, we saw a laundry mat and a post office and opposite was a B&B in a semidetached cobble walled stone building. We enquired within and set our packs down and that's where we stayed for the next 2 nights.

Was good to get rid of some of the stuff we'd been carrying that needed posting. I had a few little things i was collecting for Elise to post as a thankyou for looking after our pussies (what a commitment - her and David looking after our cats for a year!!! I am SO appreciative of that!!!) and posted those and our trip memorbilia including some of the Gallipoli and Lemnos brochures and books. We did that while our laundry was being done. Couldn't find an internet place to complete the picture while we were waiting..so I caught up on the goss in the mags at the laundry!

I thought, i'm going to like it here! It's peaceful. Tranquil. Pretty. And the Cotswolds is Harry Potter countryside!! Isn't it?

And we did enjoy it. Just casually walking in the park was fun. We played 'pretend' soccer and basketball in the park (what else do you do when you don't have a ball?) and just wondered around the town....so english, so cute.

We ate dinner in the Bell Inn. Gamon and veges (Greg) and Vegetarian Lasagna and salad (me). I decided not to have the other menu special, 'faggots' after he told us what it was. Haggis, English style! (at first, he told us it was bull balls..hmm..English humour again!)

The bed was comfy! Surprising though seeing we were up in the attic! We hit our heads a few times on the lights..but that's ok...at least the bed was comfy! (important when you're in different beds everynight..just to have one that is comfy is a pleasure!!!)

The next day, on the Saturday, we headed up to Stow-on-the-Wold (how's the English names...cute hey? It actually means that Stow, the town, is windy!) which is a gorgeous little English village that has lots of dry stone walls, and green parks and flowers. We went to a flea market there..and bought 6 Australian state spoons that the lady 'imported' in the forties! What possessed me?

I did mentally say no to the second hand books for a pound tho..............so tempting.........they were new ones as well. I had to really convince myself it was silly to be carrying too many books around when i already have two in my pack and i will probably be able to swap those for others along the way. My book addiction really shows when i see books at bargain price.

No travelling scrabble or canasta though. Games we've decided would be good to play on the trains and busses. Hopefully we'll be able to find them..if not, we will i'm sure in Edinborough.

We actually had lunch in the church cemetery at Stow-on-the-Wold...which was different...

We headed up to Boughton-on-the-water which they say is the Venice of England! It had a water canal meandering all around the town..which was like Venice. And little bridges to cross. Three walking bridges and a car bridge. Cute.

We dismissed the motor museum and the maze as they were asking 3 pounds each..and we're still doing that conversion thing which we shouldn't..and decided it was too much as it'd be $15 for us just to see a couple of old cars!

Headed back to our 'home' and had thai for dinner. 2 dishes for £16. 2 wines for £3 each. The wine choics is mostly Australian wines here..and we found out this was because Aussie wines are more 'consistant' in their quality than French wines so they import them..and we've noticed, a lot of Jacobs Creek! From South Australia.

Watched K-Pax on telly....another movie we enjoyed after not having English tv for a few months..the things you miss..and enjoy. Simple things..

Heading up to the Lakes District next..