We spent all of Thursday in "Stratford upon Avon" You might remember that we visited Bradford on Avon last week. There are lots of towns up around the Cotswolds that are on the River Avon. Occasionally they are named "…. On Avon". Stratford isn't "on" it's "upon." "Upon" is the formal term for "on". There was more traffic entering this town than any other we have visited so far. When a parking spot appeared, we immediately dived right in, and it turned out...

I set out at 8.00 am to photograph my favourite Cotswold town before it woke up and any tourists arrived. It's more of a working town that most of the others on the A429 and A424, which are tourist hotspots. It also doesn't appear to receive any coaches, not that I can see anywhere they could park. It was busy on the weekend, however now during the working week, pretty quiet with only the occasional tourist walking the streets. At 8.00, even very few locals on ...

Now, where was I, oh that's right. I posted a couple of fillers over the last 4 days, as we seemed to be on the go most of the time. Last Friday morning we left Southampton, planning on visiting around six or so villages on our way to Bradford on Avon. Ches and Tom had a disagreement around 45 minutes out of Southampton. I listened to Ches and then after a number of U turns we found ourselves on the wrong motorway and then spat out into the countryside somewh...