Spent the morning touring the Morgan Motor Company in Malvern which has been on the site for over 100 years. We both really enjoyed it - a very informative & inclusive tour through all areas of production of these unique sports cars. The workshops looked & smelled like Finecraft Scale Models or Al's garage & the work is virtually all done by hand. It was wonderful to be able to just walk past all the individual areas of production & stand to watch...

After an early morning walk up Dovers Hill for the view across the fields we took the advice of some locals and we went to find the Rollright Stones near Long Compton. Nothing to do with the Rolling Stones, though they are old & craggy! They don't compare to Stonehenge but they are a Neolithic ceremonial stone circle known as the King's Men plus a single King Stone. To find this ancient place just off the road with virtually no-one else there was great & ...

As we travel around this beautiful part of England, through tiny lanes & across vast rolling hills, in pretty villages & bigger towns everywhere there are marvelous dry stone walls. Some are ancient & falling down, some brand new & everything in between. I think they're really beautiful & have tried to capture a few in photos ( surprise, surprise) but going through my head has been a poem I heard on the radio once & it goes like this : I a...

Our lovely stay in Badger's End cottage in Chipping Campden has been so delightful I thought I'd make a special entry of some of the local area highlights. The cottage is just one street behind the high street (as they say in England) & is secreted behind a simple door between the Post Office & the Co-op through a tiny cobbled laneway. Built of  golden stone & with the universal pink rose climbing over it's walls it is a perfect place to stay wit...

Had a mini holiday within a holiday when we went to stay with Jim & Rosie in Bristol for 2 nights. Only a reasonably short drive from the Cotswolds & we were in the city of Bristol where we had a thoroughly enjoyable couple of days in the company of this lovely family. It was a pleasure to share in meals with the boys in the back garden, breakfasts at the table, walks in the countryside & generally being included in their busy lives. We went with Jim ...