Cotswolds, Part One

So we arrived in the Cotwolds last night. It is the early May bank holiday weekend and Tamsin, Suzie, Jules, Peter and I have rented a cottage in the Cotswolds. The cottage is in a little village called Wotton-Under-Edge and it is very English. We are staying on a farm (you can here the cows mooing) which is pretty cool, although they really need to update the beds!

Anyway, we arrived last night, grabbed some food and sat up drinking to god knows what time. Today we headed over to Bourton-on-the-Water to have a look around. It is a picturesque village and also one of the most popular in the region (although we were lucky and it was not too busy).

Peter had his walk book and convinced (or perhaps told, it has been a while now!) us to do a walk in the area.

Tamsin turned back after about thirty mins (she wanted to see the village a bit more), but she was with us long enough to get an ice cream. Peter got a brown bread flavoured one which was interesting.

Anyway, the rest of us continued on and really enjoying the walk. Until, that is, we find that Peter has got us lost (it turns out that he had done this walk before and made the same mistake as well).

We eventually made our way to a pub in a quiet little village and had a break before continuing back to Bourton-on-the-Water. I think Tamsin was about to send out a search party for us!

We then headed to the Wild Duck for a fantastic dinner and then back to the cottage for some more drinks!

(Sorry about the photos. I have been wrestling with blogger for a week now!)


Bourton-on-the-Water village green


On the road....


A lock


Nice wild flowers!


A cool water wheel!


Ice cream time!


Fences...


Idylic setting.


Time for a beer!


On the way back to Bourton