Bath to Paris and Versailles

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Banbury was a great place as a base to explore so many quaint and historic Cotswold villages with everyday taking us in a different direction. We have been very lucky too with the English weather as we have enjoyed some beautiful sunny days. Our next cat sit was in Chippenham near Bath, another pretty historical town with lots of golden honey coloured buildings close to the River Avon. Again there are many more villages and houses to explore. One manor has had lots of filming taken place there such as "The other Boleyn girl" and Wolf Hall, neither of which I have seen yet. Castle Combe village just 3 miles from us claims to be the most beautiful village in Britain and again used for productions such as Downton Abbey and Wolf Hall.
After flying to Paris from Manchester we took the train to Versailles to our Airbnb. Chateaux de Versailles is amazing and we spent hours there in the palace and garden. I am getting by with my French and getting us from bus and train stations to our accommodation so far. We are on the bus to Rennes at the moment and looking forward to exploring there.

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Photos

Typical pub around here
The Reindeer. Banbury.

Lady Godiva
Legend goes that she rode naked through Coventry so that her husband would reduce taxes for everyone!

Typical country road in the Cotswolds
Coaches and large tractors use the road too!

Saracens Head pub 1713
Oldest pub in Bath where Charles Dickens sat and wrote Pickwick Papers! Drinks were good too!

Great Chalfield Manor
Historical dramas filmed here

Castle Combe village
No cars!

Royal Crescent. Bath. Built 1767
The Royal Crescent is a row of 30 terraced houses laid out in a sweeping crescent. Johnny Depp and Nicolas Cage bought there at one stage.

Comments

[Kyra Strangwick]

The lovely cotswolds and Banbury Cross
Hi travelling Kiwis. Glad you are both OK and hav7ng a lovely summer........be careful.....apparently southern Europe is about to swelter so take your water bottles with you. Loved the description of Banbury and 9n my next trip ?.........right now am in Hamilton, cold but lovely sunny. Going to Roto tomoz for the night then bsck to here till Friday & back to Oz on Saturday. Has been a nice & restful break. Unfoetunately wont have time to see Ernie & Jacqui but hopefully bext time. I don t thi k i have their phone number but will check. Take good care, enjoy & safe 9nwards trVels. Cheers Kyra

[Elaine Greenhalgh]

Moving on
Hiya Suzanne and Peter, It’s good to hear that you’re enjoying yourself exploring our green and pleasant land. You’ve probably seen more of it than most of us who’ve spent our lives here 😂 but keep on going and telling us all about everything. Love, Elaine and John

[Kruizing Kiwiz]

Cruising
Hi Elaine and John, Good to hear from you. We are having a great time but perhaps eating and drinking too much on this cruise!