"Cotwolds"" Cots = sheep pen in Saxon-speak, and wold = high windy ground. We can testify to both.
We had rain today, and lots of it.
We headed off, in the left lane except when I forgot, and made our way to Chipping Campden (meaning from old and middle English, "market" and "valley with fields"). We then made our way to Stratford-on-Avon, home of ..... whom? Those who said Shakespeare, take an extra credit. The traff
ic was so ferocious there (I earned a universal salute from one driver) that we did not even stop. We went by Anne Hathaway's cottage (by accident) in our meanderings.I am posting a picture of a thatched-roof cottage. Thatch was originally the roofing material of the poor but today is very costly. Two-foot sections of "hay" are bound togther and attached with wooden pegs-- good for 50 years or more. Tours cha
rge exorbitant fees to take tourists to thatched cottages... but here is one for you for free!Returning to Broadway, we stopped into the deli next to our hotel and purchased fresh mozzarella and GENUINE beefsteak tomatoes (pictured at right--we haven't had them in 13 years!) for a wonderful supper in our room. Oh, how good they were.
Tomorrow we head deep into Pilgrim country/Sherwood Forest (of Robin Hood fame), and we will be based in Retford.
Onward!
What a beautiful cottage..... I am so envious of you having genuine beefsteak tomatoes. Oh how I miss them.. Know that we also miss you . Enjoy and be well...
ReplyDeleteWe visited Plymouth Plantation in the East and saw them in the process of rethatching a roof. It was quite fascinating. It's kind of heartening that as the world moves on, there are pockets of history that remain.
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