Unlike the last time we thought we were going to the Cotswolds....this time we actually did make it there. Jules and Alex live in a lovely town named Cheltenham. It is one of the largest towns in the Cotswolds and back in the day was a spa town used by the Romans.
It was so lovely to be out of the city for a weekend and be somewhere that was a little slower. It reminded us of home a little bit and had a very easy pace.
We were also graced with the most beautiful weather and the hottest day of the year.
Our wonderful hosts took us to three of the most gorgeous Cotswold villages - Stow on the Wold, Bourton on the Water (my favourite) and Prestbury (S's favourite).
The little villages were so handsome, neat and clean and had the most amazing rustic English gardens. E loves herself an English garden - all messy and crazy and full of colours we have never seen before. We strolled around looking at the beautiful houses. Whilst in Bourton and Stow we stopped for an obligatory cream tea and lunch in a pub followed by drinks in a gorgeous little courtyard. We also stopped off at the oldest pub in town which dates back to the 900AD's!!!!
On Saturday night, Jules and Alex wanted to show us the nightlife so we went to an awesome Italian restaurant in a converted Cathedral followed by a raging nightclub which funnily enough was also in a converted cathedral (packed to the brim with pretty young things).
We spent the entirety of Sunday strolling from Cheltenham to Prestbury (detouring through the world famous Cheltenham racecourse). The fresh air was amazing as was a little pub known as the Plough Inn where we sat in their back garden drinking jug after jug of Pimms. Alex was such a good tour guide she even took us through the old cemetery that is supposedly haunted and where she was once told to "get out" by a ghost. You can imagine how E handled this!!!
We decided to catch the bus back after we had troubles on the train there (the brakes failed!). However, we were met with more disaster - the bus had no air conditioning, no windows and no ventialtion on the hottest day of the year. We were also stuck in three hours worth of traffic - complete nightmare. Never catching the bus again no matter how cheap it is. Lucky the Cotswolds were so beautiful - the pictures below speak for themselves.
E&S
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| The oldest Inn in England - dates back to 947AD |
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| The Chuch where we had dinner! |
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| The Church we had drinks in! |
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| Cheltenham Racecourse |
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