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Home / Latest Posts / Travel / London – Day Five

London – Day Five

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By: Leigh Anne WilkesPosted: 7/13/10Updated: 10/06/13

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I am in love!

If I doubted the fact that I had absolutely and totally fallen in love with England there were no doubts after our day in the Cotswolds!

The Cotswolds is a hilly area in west-central England, sometimes called the “Heart of England.”  The  meaning of the word Cotswold is said to mean “sheep enclosure in rolling hillsides.” During the Middle Ages the area became very prosperous as a result of the sheep/wool industry.  The area is famous and known for its lovely homes and shops built from Cotswold stone which is a  yellow oolitic limestone.

Our tour took us to 3 Cotswold villages.  Our first stop was Burford.

London - Day Five


There is a lovely little church and cemetery in the village.

London - Day Five

I think I mentioned before I have a bit of a thing about cemeteries.  I love them!  I think it must be those family history genes my mother gave me!  I love reading the tombstones and imagining what the lives of those people must have been like.

London - Day Five

London - Day Five

London - Day Five

OK, enough of the tombstones.  Just one more!
London - Day Five

The church in the cemetery was quite lovely.

London - Day Five

While in Europe I also began quite a love affair with doors.  Doors can be so mysterious.  What’s behind them?  Where do they lead?

London - Day Five

From Burford we headed over to Bibury which was a very small but a VERY charming and picturesque village.  Probably my favorite of the three we went to.

London - Day Five

I would take one of these pretty little cottages over Buckingham Palace any day!

I loved the beautiful flowers and found many of the same flowers I have at home in my garden.

London - Day Five

And then there were some lovely little doors too

.London - Day Five

We enjoyed lunch at a small little hotel in Bibury.  The main local business in the village today is perch farming so we were served perch for lunch which I decided I don’t really care for.  Besides the fact that it has a million bones it is a little too strong of a fish for me.  But the rhubarb crisp with clotted cream ice cream was yummy!

London - Day Five

Such a pretty place!
London - Day Five

Our next stop on the tour was to Burton on the Water a larger Cotswold Village.  There were lots of little shops and tea houses.

London - Day Five

I found this darling little bakery and picked up a few goodies, including a jar of lemon curd and orange marmalade to bring home with me.

London - Day Five

And then I found a few more doorways to take pictures of….

London - Day Five

and fell in love with the streets.

London - Day Five

Our final stop on the tour was Stratford Upon Avon which s the birthplace of Shakespeare,

London - Day Five

Basically it is just one big tourist trap. It was full of loud tourists and after the loveliness of the Cotswold Villages I couldn’t wait to leave Stratford.

We arrived back in London in time to grab some fish and chips for dinner and head over to the West End to see Jersey Boys – a fun musical about the life and music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

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  1. Joanna says

    Posted on 7/15 at 1:00 pm

    WOW!
    who ever took these pictures is amazing..
    I love them all!

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  2. Gail S. says

    Posted on 7/14 at 7:02 pm

    How I wish I had gotten to go with you!!! I am so jealous! I have been to London but JUST London and it would have been soooo cool to visit the places you got to see. Even if I don’t care for fish 🙂

    Reply
  3. rere says

    Posted on 7/14 at 5:04 pm

    sorry, about that last comment it should have read “what a beautiful vacation you are having.”

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  4. rere says

    Posted on 7/14 at 5:03 pm

    wgat a beautiful vacation you are having! i enjoy your blog – thank you!

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  5. marti says

    Posted on 7/13 at 11:33 pm

    Leigh Anne,
    I’m so glad you got to see some of the charming small villages of England! I too loved the little churches….most dating back hundreds of years and smelling musty. I was touched by the memorials to those who died in the “great war”
    (WW I).
    I also brought home some lemon curd. None has tasted as good since then!

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