After a good night's sleep, got up fairly early and went for a walk. Decided (naughtily!) to call in to MacDonald's and have breakfast there. No different to an Aussie one except that the coffee was appalling!!
Drove with Sam and Nicole to Stratford (instead of Bath) - what a beautiful journey! Visited Holy Trinity Church, where Shakespeare is buried - an organist was playing, which added to the effect. Beautiful stained glass windows. Bought a watercolour of Shakespeare's birthplace.
Wandered around the town, in and out of various shops, had lunch and then drove to the Cotswolds, another beautiful journey. We had forgotten how much softer the landscape is than even our beautiful Southern Highlands! First stop was Upper Slaughter - a very small gem of a village, with a ford over beautifully clear water and a lovely church, one of seven in the Parish. Next to Lower Slaughter, is a much bigger village (Upper Slaughter), with a waterwheel and little bridges over a small river.
We then decded to go to Tetbury (Prince Charles' local village and shops). Fairly long drive but worth it - lots more shops to see and a nice wander around.
We had a bit of a minor disaster when our video camera spat the dummy and we lost everything that we have recorded so far - Windsor, Stratford, Upper and Lower Slaughter etc. Hopefully we think we know the problem and can correct it, we've still got our photo's at least!!
Sam is treating us to dinner tonight, in a local pub.
