Onward to the Cotswolds

Sat Nav is a wonderful thing.  It got us from Heathrow to Chipping Campden with no hiccups.  Chipping Campden is the quinessential Cotswold village--nearly intact, good pubs, only a few tourists this time of year, and what look to be a fair number of retirees (reminds me of Bellport).  After a pause for refuelling, we pushed on to Hidcote.  It was rainy, so the photos are a little dull.  The garden was anything but dull.  It is almost too much to take in at one time.  The plant combos are exciting, the design principles absolutely obvious to even a non-design maven.  We stayed until the light was fading and the rain bucketing down.  Then we proceeded to get hopelessly lost getting back the four miles to Chipping Camden and saw a lot ofvery pretty black-faced sheep.  A good pub meal at Eight Bells finished off the day.