Cruise through the Cotswolds

We've been having some quite nice weather (well, relatively) so we thought we'd take a bit of a spin through the Cotswolds, a very cute and picturesque rural area of England that starts just north of Bath. The Cotswolds are famous for rolling countryside and pretty stone villages, and don't the residents know it!

Here's Johnny with a couple of icons of English life, the big (faded!) red telephone box, and just visible on the right, a pub called The Red Lion - the most popular pub name in the UK.

Eagle-eyed readers might spot another couple of typical English sights, the double-yellow lines marked on the street (i.e. No Standing Any Time) and the way the red car behind Johnny is parked "backwards". Legal in the UK, but will get you a ticket in Australia for "parking with the left side of the car too far from the left kerb" apparently!

We stopped for a clotted cream tea (a.k.a. Devonshire tea) in Chipping Campden, one of the bigger villages - really a town because it has a church, but no matter. It was about 8 degrees so it was great to duck into a toasty warm tea shop and down a nice cuppa tea and a warm fruit scone smothered in clotted cream and jam! We came over all pensioner-ish! Immediately after this picture was taken, Bec sat down on the bench, fed the birds and grumbled about young people!

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