Blogs from Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe - page 9

Geo: 51.8667, -2.2486724 hours prior to flight departure I am supposed to be able to complete an on-line check in for our flights. Just before this time arrives I olog in to British Airways website to be presented with a countdown clock ticking down the seconds. As soon as check-in is permitted I select our seats but cant complete the process because I dont have a printer for boarding cards. Will have to wait till airport tomorrow.... read more

Yesterday we jumped in a hire car and took to the road! The boys were happy to finally be sitting looking at the scenery after 3 days of endless walking and they were quite exhausted, happy to be in the car and sleep (at 9.30am!) It's hard, because the light comes into the rooms as early as 4.40am and it's hard to get back to sleep... hence the reason why I'm blogging at 5.40am!Our first stop was Stonehenge. Built in 3000BC, somehow orientated to the sun, but the mystery is 'why was it built?' It truly is a mammoth construction from 5000 years ago, knowing what technology we have now, ... read more

So Adam, Myles, Scott and I burned (or should I say crawled!) out of London at 4pm on Friday and still managed to hit some fierce traffic. It was our last mini-break before Adam and Myles head back to Australia, Melbourne. The journey took near on 4hrs to get to our accomodation. Which was the quaint Three Choirs Vineyard in Gloucestershire. We were staying in the Lodges that were nestled amongst the vines near a small pond; very picturesque. The following morning, after a hearty breakfast overlooking the vineyard, we headed into Hereford to visit the little town of Ledbury. It had cute little streets with tudor style houses. Next stop was Great Malvern to tackle the Malvern Hills. Just as we started the accent the fog cleared and we had beautiful blue skys to gaze ... read more

Sunday 2nd September We set off about 8.00 p.m. from the Hotel in London and arrived in Gloucester about 10.30 later that evening. Tired and went to bed. Monday 3rd September We went into Gloucester to visit the Cathedral. We saw the tombs of the founder of the church and of King Edward 11, the great East Window and the Whispering Gallery. There was an exhibition explaining the details of the stained glass in this window, which is one of the oldest in Europe. It includes the oldest record of a golfer. We tried out the whispering gallery and it works! We then walked in the city and saw an old set of chiming bells above and old Bakers jewellery shop and then went into a modern Mall and saw another clock with moving models representing ... read more

The Cotswolds are beautiful and full of people who take the time to stop and chat, answer questions and share opinions. We had an adventure of road directions but finally made it to our B&B. When you Google Moreton in Marsh and check out the surrounding area there is no Blockley unless you zoom in. Then this town shows up. Surprise... this is a wonderful small village complete with a couple of B&Bs, a great pub with an attached restaurant and a history. It is great what is around the next corner on the little back roads. Blockley has several newer homes built just after the war through the generosity of Winston Churchill's cousin. He made sure that this area was brought back to life. As you all know we had a camera misadventure... our B&B ... read more