Broadway in the Cotswolds.

Sunday 6th October saw us taking off for a week in the Cotswolds. The sun shone and the temperature reached a dizzy 20 degrees. The trip was an easy drive, though we would have liked to see a service station on the M5 to take a break. We were pretty desperate by the time we got to the A46 so we found a layby and used our own facilities.

We arrived at Broadway CC site about 12.15 and by 1pm we were all set up and having lunch. We were on pitch no 50 .. a lovely pitch with a hedge along side the awning and a wide grass area at the back, just right for Barney to have a lay down on. We had a quiet day with just s stroll around the site to get our bearings. Not a very big dog walk and the usual lazy owners leaving their dogs calling card for me to pick up on my boots ... what is wrong with people that they can't clear up after their dogs :-//

Monday morning was glorious so up early to explore Broadway.

A beautiful village that we revisited several times during our stay.

We also went to Broadway tower ..

Broadway Tower is one of England's outstanding viewpoints and at 1024 feet (312m) above sea level, it is the second highest point on the Cotswold escarpment. Unrivalled views survey an expanse of a 62 mile radius and as many as 16 Counties. After visiting the top of the tower we went back to the tea rooms where we met a lovely group of motor cyclists out on a regular jaunt. They were all aged 70 plus .. the oldest gent pictured here was 92!!!!!!

Bourton on the water is still a must visit destination in the Cotswolds if only to say hello to Brum in the motor museum.

One of the exhibits in the toy section of the museum really tickled me .. a child size real working lawnmower .. can you imagine giving one to a child these days, social services would have a field day .. excuse the pun lol.

Another little gem we found on a drive around was J M Barrie's ( author of Peter Pan) cricket pavilion at Stanway ..built on saddle stones.

It was truly a wonderful week and we are really looking forward to returning to Broadway as soon as we possibly can.