24 June – Sunday
Overcast and drizzling, so spent the morning wandering the village of Woodstock. Justin and Simon collected us at lunchtime and we drove on narrow, winding country lanes through the Oxfordshire Cotswalds to the White Horse, first for lunch in a local thatched inn, then for a look at the chalk horse carved into the hillside. Unfortunately, the rain absolutely bucketed down so our walk through the sheep paddock was curtailed somewhat. We returned to Woodstock via more villages – the Oxfordshire Cotswald houses are made from the local cream coloured stone, with local slate roofs.
After the boys left, the weather cleared somewhat so we decided to take Max for a drive through the northern Cotswalds, first to Stow-on-Wold then to the beautiful village of Lower Slaughter. The gardens in the area are gorgeous, typical English country gardens of hollyhocks, foxgloves and climbing roses.
Overcast and drizzling, so spent the morning wandering the village of Woodstock. Justin and Simon collected us at lunchtime and we drove on narrow, winding country lanes through the Oxfordshire Cotswalds to the White Horse, first for lunch in a local thatched inn, then for a look at the chalk horse carved into the hillside. Unfortunately, the rain absolutely bucketed down so our walk through the sheep paddock was curtailed somewhat. We returned to Woodstock via more villages – the Oxfordshire Cotswald houses are made from the local cream coloured stone, with local slate roofs.
After the boys left, the weather cleared somewhat so we decided to take Max for a drive through the northern Cotswalds, first to Stow-on-Wold then to the beautiful village of Lower Slaughter. The gardens in the area are gorgeous, typical English country gardens of hollyhocks, foxgloves and climbing roses.
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Just in case you didn't get to see the horse at all, here's what it looks like:
http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/chalk%20horse%20uffington.jpg
It looks pretty impressive, especially considering it was made long, long ago without the benefit of helicopters, etc!
Jack used the potty for the first time today too. Very exciting!
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