Blogs from Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 31

A busy market town on the northern edge of the Cotswolds. Moreton-in-Marsh grew up on the route of the Roman Fosse Way which runs through the main street, and the old London to Worcester highway, a prominent coaching route. Moreton in Marsh; the "Marsh" oddly enough comes from "march" meaning boundary. It was where four counties: Gloucestershire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Oxfordshire met. The wide main street is typical of many Cotswold towns. Houses and shops of the 18th and 19th century line the High Street, and in the centre is the Redesdale Hall, dating from 1887, the town’s main public hall. There are a number of antique shops and a scattering of other art shops and restaurants. We had our lunch at Falstaffs restaurant in the mall on Old Market Way and High Street, opposite Redesdale ... read more

With the River Windrush running through the center of the village Bourton-on-the-Water is often referred to as the 'Venice of the Cotswolds'. Bourton-on-the-Water has more than its share of Cotswold houses and cottages, many of them three hundred years old, some dating back to Elizabethan times four hundred years ago. There is plenty to see and do here, including a Bourton-on-the-Water Model Village, a 1/9th replica of Bourton-on-the-Water, built from the local Cotswold stone. Or just promenade up one side of the river and down the other, taking in all the sights. ... read more

It's the early hours of Saturday morning and I'm still up contemplating all the things I have left to do. Travellers cheques still to get, friends to see, not to mention the rather daunting task of packing my rucksack. I just don't know how I am going to fit all the endless piles of stuff that are all over the floor into my rucksack. HEeeeeelp. I just hope I don't forget anything important. 6 months is a long time to have to do without something. I can't believe that in just a day I will be on the aeroplane flying to Costa Rica. It's just so surreal. I've been planning this trip and preparing for it for so long now that now the time has finally come to leave it just does not seem real. I'm ... read more

Our last day trip outside of London would be to Cotswold and to the Blenheim Palace. This area was equally as beautiful as Bath and the country side of Wales. In the middle ages, Cotswold was well known throughout Europe for wool. This part of England was ideal for sheep. The land in the Cotswold is the largest in the UK and stretches from Chipping Campden to Bath. Cotswold is also known for limestone and it can vary in color from a honey golden brown to a cream color. There is a row of cottages on Arlington Row which were built about 600 years ago. Our last stop for the day is Blenheim Palace which is located in the county of Oxfordshire. Blehnheim Palace sits on 2500 acres and is enclosed by a stone wall nine ... read more

For as long as I can remember I have wanted to try everything life has to offer, I have done a bungee jump (read my Rhodes blog), sky dived (read my 'Skydive to raise money for charity in 1999....when I was 16 years old!' blog), scad dived (a free fall of 150 feet in to a net, I did this at the end of a pier in Blackpool, England), sky surfed (read my Rhodes blog) now to conquer the sky completely I needed to wing walk (if there is anything I haven't listed please let me know I WANT TO DO IT! lol). It wasn’t as straight forward as book your appointment, pay your money, do it, I had to pay for a year’s membership to an aviation club and then pay for the wing walk ... read more