Stratford-upon-Avon – Part 3

Today’s trip saw us on the M40, travelling up towards Birmingham to visit an area known as Moseley Bog. Moseley Bog, a site of importance for Nature Conservation, was acknowledged by J.R.R. Tolkien as being the inspiration for the ancient forests in his books ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’. This area and

Stratford-upon-Avon – Part 2 (afternoon)

So having had some lunch it was time to get back on the road and head off to All Saints’ Church at Honington. Another church, unfortunately, that I was unable to get into, but some rather splendid trees to spend time with in the grounds. Hopping back into Wilma, it was on to St. Gregory’s

Stratford-upon-Avon Part 2 (the morning)

Over breakfast, and seeing as it was a nice morning, we changed the original plan of driving into town and decided to walk into Stratford instead. What, allegedly, should only have been a 40 minute walk took us over an hour! Oh well, we got there in the end and the walk wasn’t all bad

Stratford-upon-Avon Part 1

Summer Solstice 2021 First stop on the way up to Stratford-upon-Avon was Long Compton – a village I was curious to visit after its connection to the Rollright Stones, where we had walked to during the previous stage of my tree journey. Very kindly, the community had provided an information board with an interesting potted

The Cotswolds – Part 4

Day 4 – time to wend our way home with a couple of stops along the way. Unfortunately, one of them, Badbury Hill, where we had planned to have a walk had to be missed as we just couldn’t find a suitable place to park Wilma anywhere close. Something I have learnt since starting this

The Cotswolds – Part 3

Day/Part 3 of this trip was just a teeny weeny bit exciting – oh, OK, extremely exciting! – as I had a telephone call in the morning from the lovely Clare Dubois, to say she was going to meet me for a hour or two at my first stop of the day. Now, for those

The Cotswolds – Part 2

So Day 2, or Part 2, of the Cotswolds Journey was again all about following the Elen line to the Churches! And I chose four to visit: one in Kelmscott, two in the Langford area and one in Kencot. Sadly, all were closed so I was only able to explore outside and gaze through grilled

The Cotswolds – Part 1

So the day trips, from home, have come to an end and I’m now embarking on the next stages – venturing away for a few days and nights in Wilma. First stage, through parts of the Cotswolds, now completed and what a fabulous experience I have had. I could not have asked for a better

Walbury Hill

So my plan was to meet Gill and Rio-the- Cockerpoo in the Walbury Hill/Coombe Gibbet car park and start the day by walking down into the village of Inkpen to St. Michael’s Church. Well, you know what they say about the ‘best laid plans….’ Neither of us could find the car park and we both

Update….

2nd June …. Just thought I’d pop on here to update you on ‘where I’m at’ currently. So, tomorrow will be the last of my trips that I am able to do, in a day, from home. I’m going to be kind of somewhere north of Highclere Castle (yes, that place known as Downton Abbey!!)