A Day Out in the Cotswolds

Today, with Diane as  our guide, we went for a day out in the Cotswolds, the home of towns and villages with all those quaint English names. We drove through Chipping Norton, stopping briefly to photograph the Bliss Tweed Mill, and on to Moreton-in-Marsh where we stopped for a walk around the town. Driving on through Bourton-on-the-Hill, we arrived at Broadway where we lucked a parking spot in the High Street. Here we enjoyed Cream Tea for a rather late morning tea. Cream Tea is tea with scone, jam and clotted cream which, of course, isn't Devonshire tea because we were in Worcestershire, not Devon...

Bliss Tweed Mill, Chipping Norton

 High Street and Market Hall, Moreton-in-Marsh

 High Street, Moreton-in-Marsh

High Street, Broadway

Whereas both Moreton-in-Marsh and Broadway had been extremely crowded as it was a Bank Holiday weekend, our next stop was quite the opposite. Snowshill, not far from Broadway, was a quiet little village with no shops to attract the tourists. After a pleasant stroll around, tasting a few wild strawberries on the way, we continued on to our next stop in the busy market town, Stow-on-the-Wold.

 The church grounds in Snowshill

 The High Street through Snowshill

 Stow-on-the-Wold

Market Square, Stow-on-the-Wold

After a stroll around Stow-on-the-Wold, we headed off to our next destination, a village called Bourton-on-the-Water. With the River Windrush running through its centre, it is a beautiful little village that had seemed to attract the whole of humanity to visit. We restricted ourselves to look around from the car and put Bourton-on-the-Water on the "To Do" list for our next visit to England - on a week-day!

We moved on to our last stop of the day, Burford. Here we had a rather decadent (and late) afternoon tea in the Huffkins Tea Rooms before heading back to Radley for dinner.

 

High Street, Burford

Huffkins Tea Rooms, Burford

Burford Church