Our cottage
Public phone booth in Bibury
This little hut has shelves in it where deliveries of eggs, bread,milk and the newspaper are made for the locals in Ablington.
The residents seem to pop in and pick up their goods off the shelf.
Scenery from our walk into the village...
We had a great walk into the village. It took about 20 minutes. Nice and brisk in the 10 degree air. Not too cold. Arlington Row is so pretty. The doorways and windows are so tiny. The teeny houses are old weavers cottages dating back to 1300. So quaint! One has to feel sorry for the residents... they live in a fish bowl. We saw no less than 3 Asian tourist buses arrive while we were there. Apparently in summer it is so busy with tourists!
Arlington Row no. 4 (this Dorris is no more than 5ft high, probably shorter!)
We bought some smoked trout, cream cheese and fresh bread and had a brunch at the house before heading out to visit a few villages nearby that the Bibury Post Office/gift shop owner recommended.
We loved Coln St Aldwyn which is the next village after Bibury. Absolutely picturesque! Then visited Fairford to see the beautiful 500 year old St Mary’s Church. It has the oldest medieval stained glass windows in the world! The old cemetary surrounds the church and there was even a tombstone for a cat!
The local butcher said he visited South Africa in October and got a recipe for Boerewors when he was there and now makes it in Fairford!
We drove through a few other little villages and then had a lazy late afternoon at the cottage doing some washing, figuring out this darn blog and just chilling.
Dinner will be at our local Swan Hotel in Bibury in the pub. (The kids & Leon are always hungry!) After the 6.5km of walking this morning (recorded by Reece’s watch), I could do with an early sleep!
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