Thu, 31 Oct 2002

author Tim	location Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England
posted 14:54 GMT	section Europe2002/Europe/UK/Wales/North Wales ( all photos )

Books, books, books! ( 7 photos )

Awaking in our B&B, we wandered downstairs for a great breakfast where we could watch the ducks out the window. I was of course painted the bad guy by saying that no, we couldn't take a pair of ducks away with us, despite the lady being quite happy for that to happen, and Liz, of course, also being quite for the idea.
So we fed them for a little while, before being told that we could and should leave the car parked at the B&B and walk into town - Thursday is the day that the parking inspector is active, and market day as well. Love that local knowledge.
So we waddled into town, and spent a few hours wandering around the town that has more books in it than all the universities and libraries in Wales put together. We purchased a few good reading books (Liz is reading one to my right now), but I couldn't find a couple of specific ones I was after, even though I checked most of the fifty bookstores!
After having our fill, we left Wales behind for now and drove across the border towards the Cotswolds.

author Tim	location Stow-on-the-Wold, The Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, England
posted 14:54 GMT 01/11/2002	section Europe2002/Europe/UK/England/Cotswolds ( all photos )

The Cotswolds ( 9 photos )
(Continued from North Wales)
Back into England, the remainder of the day was spent driving towards Stow-on-the-Wold, where we are now. As usual, we were attracted by the presence of an open Youth Hostel, but soon found it is quite a nice little town in its own right. The drive took in The Golden Valley, which looked decidedly less golden since we last drove through it (very foggy now), Ross-on-Wye, and many other great little English towns.
We are now in the middle of The Cotswolds, a famous picturesque area we have looked around a little, but many things we wanted to do are now closed for the winter.
We had a good chat in the pub last night, before cooking a great pasta dish.

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