We woke up stiff this day but decided to do a lot of walking, much of it through beautiful scenery similar to the scenery of the day before and so not all of it is recorded but we did see a lot of small village churches starting with this one in Northleach ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040199 where this was the cemetery ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040200 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040201 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040202 along with the price list ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040203 before we entered the church and saw amazing bronze casts from the wealthy wool merchants of a bygone era ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040204 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040205 and the podium which these children were enjoying ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040206 and a description of its founders way back when ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040207 complete with engraved images ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040208 and these amazing pieces by the windows ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040209 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040210 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040211 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040212 together with the history of the leadership ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040213 another bronze ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040214 and some history ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040215 of these steps. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040216 After recording some more brass ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040217 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040218 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040219 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040220 and the lovely pillows, ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040221 we said good bye to the Howes ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040222 and exited to the town center admiring the roofs ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040223 and this great English device that does it all for you -- soap, water, hot air but we could not find the path we wished to take ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040224 and so we drove on to Windrush where we found a path and began walking through fields and barns and livestock ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040225 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040226 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040227 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040228 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040229 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040230 having been to the church in Windrush ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040231 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040232 and watched the dicks float in the water ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040233 before we reached the green in Little Barrington ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040234 and admired the views ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040235 and the welcoming sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040236 before we began the walk back ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040237 along this beautiful road ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040238 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040239 which kept Suzanne going ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040240 before we came upon this weird structure (perhaps a grill) in front of one of the local houses ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040241 and then we admired many flowers walking back to the church where we had started ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040242 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040243 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040244 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040245 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040246 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040247 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040248 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040249 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040250 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040251 Next, we drove on to Burford where this license plate appeared in the car park ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040252 and this was the lovely local river ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040253 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040254 with amazing shrub sculptures ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040255 as we headed off to Fulbrook ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040256 walking along this dangerous road ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040257 and then turned onto a very quiet road where the cows relaxed ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040258 and caught views of the city from a cross the way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040259 including the High Street structures ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040260 as we walked past some remarkable structures along the road ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040261 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040262 eventually reaching the most elegant of all ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040263 from which we recorded the view ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040264 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040265 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040266 and then began the walk back across the fields ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040267 where we found this sign for the dogs collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040268 as Suzanne recorded me in front of this backdrop ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040269 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040270 and I recorded her in front of where we had been ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040271 but we marched on and met these cows along the way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040272 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040273 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040274 before getting back to the High Street ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040275 and passing Jayne's (their misspelling). ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040276 Next, we went to the remarkable cathedral ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040277 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040278 and went in to see a lot of local history ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040279 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040280 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040281 but not quite like this history. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040282 We then found a husband and wife who had stories and graves ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040283 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040284 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040285 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040286 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040287 and recorded the fee structure. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040288 Our last stop of the day was in Bibury where we recorded this building ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040289 and then the remarkable church ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040290 with great rose flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040291 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040292 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040293 and this sign for the dog collection though the church was about to close which limited the inside photography ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040294 but we did walk down to the local river where we saw ducks serenely floating ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040295 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040296 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040297 and realized the reward William Morris got for saying that Bibury was the most beautiful town in all of England ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040298 and made our way to Arlington Row ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040299 with its cottages ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040300 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040301 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040302 and then began our hike starting with this sign for the dog collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040303 and this collection of signs that suggested that all directions led to public footpaths. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040304 The beautiful walk led us back to the Bibury Court Hotel ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040305 where we saw the waterfalls ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040306 calming waters ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040307 with beautiful foliage ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040308 and a massive main building ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040309 and also a black swan in the river. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040310 The flowers were also lovely ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040311 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040312 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040313 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040314 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040315 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040316 and we were assured that there was much history here as we called it a day. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040317 Once back in Cheltenham, we stopped at the Turkish Grille and had Efes ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040318 and tea ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040319 followed by a shared Mezes ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040320 chicken and a salad for Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040321 and Turkish pizza for me. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040322 From the dessert menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040323 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040324 we ordered this baklava and called it a day. 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