Some pictures from Halloween 2013.
Some pictures from Halloween 2013.
This year I decided to take Kelly to the Cotswolds area of England for our Anniversary (11 yrs). When you think about classic English villages, the Cotswolds are exactly that. Houses and buildings made from honey colored cotswold stone, these villages are a treat to visit. We stayed at a B&B in a village called Broadway. The B&B was called East House, and probably one of the nicest places we have ever stayed.
Here are some photos of East House and the Room we stayed in - "The Georgian".
Broadway Village and a couple shots from Broadway Tower
Dinner out on Saturday night in the Great Hall at the famous Lygon Arms Hotel
Other Cotswold Villages we visited:
Upper and Lower Slaughter. The name of the villages stems from the Old English name for a wet land 'slough' or 'slothre' (Old English for muddy place) upon which it lies. Very quiet, classic Cotswold village.
Bourton on the Water. While much more touristy, still a very enjoyable place to visit. We had tea and scones by the river here.
Chipping-Campden with its ancient Market Hall built in 1627, and the beautiful St. James Church
Stow-on-the-Wold - couple shots here with some really cool trees that were planted by this Church and now seem to be part of the structure
With the nice fall weather continuing to hold we decided to take Lulu up to one of our favorite ares - the Brecon highlands just north of Cardiff. Perhaps not high for US-West coast standards they are quite high for this area. Here are some photos from our day out. We visited Brecon Market town, Brecon Cathedral, Tre-tower castle (where Lulu was able to try mulberries off the tree) and a drive up over the highlands before returning home.
Kelly's parents and aunt Nancy are in town so we took the opportunity to take a weekday and go without the kids to visit Bath England. Typical english weather we had rain and sun off and on the entire day but generally it was favorable and nice considering we are now in October. And what a great city to visit! As the guidebooks will say, its a must visit if you come to England. Its is a very ancient city and as the name suggests is named for the Roman Baths that were the centerpiece of this town from the beginning. Bath is considered to be the southern most tip of the cotswold region of England. You can see the buildings all have a similar golden hue that comes from the sandstone in the region used to build all the stone buildings in the city.
Noah is our climber.... he just started climbing up the door frame recently... he make it look easy, but I tried it myself and it was definitely not.