Looking back at the Cotswolds

While it's been months since we spent time across the pond in England, I thought I would share some of the trip, especially since I teased it four months ago.

When Americans envision the English countryside, the drummed-up sight could best be found in the Cotswolds. We were lucky enough to spend two days in this area and for me, it was what I was seeking when I got off the plane sleep deprived at Heathrow.

It seems like our sojourn there was a lifetime ago, not that four months have passed since. Actually looking back on the entire trip is a surreal experience. It feels like I was never there, or that it was from another life, which in many senses, it was. But for the sake of posterity, here is a quick visual tour:

Sudeley Castle near Winchcombe. There has been a castle on the grounds since the 11th century

On-site monastery



More of the grounds







After the tour of the castle, we proceeded up for a hike in the wold up to a Neolithic barrow.





Since the trip was somewhat last minute, we were lucky to find room in a B&B in a hamlet nearby, Broadway. It's not often one sleeps in a 13th-century building that was once a granary.

We then proceeded to take another walk on the greenway - a series of right-aways through various fields and properties. Our destination was an old church outside of Broadway.





The next day we decided to hike up more pastures to Broadway Tower - a whimsy built by somebody with too much free time and money several centuries ago. The site was used traditionally for signal fires; the vista provides views for many miles over the Cotswolds.



Of course the night before we went to a pub in the town for food, pints and entertainment. But something strange happened.



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