Tag: Cotswalds

  • UK: Day Seven – Post Script while Flying Home (Fri)

    UK: Day Seven – Post Script while Flying Home (Fri)

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    Tim

    If the city fathers had neglected to paint “Look Right –>” and “<– Look Left” on the streets of London, I would not be posting this post….  I liked the following words: car park (parking lot), roundabout (a treacherous device designed to kill people from the USA), mind the kerb (don’t step off of the…

  • UK: Day Four A – London & In Route to the Cotswalds (Tues)

    UK: Day Four A – London & In Route to the Cotswalds (Tues)

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    Tim

    Here I sit in utter terror as I am sitting in the drivers’ seat without a steering wheel!  I am on my way to the Cotswalds and will continue this post should I live. Everyone will be delighted to know that I am still alive and unharmed and only 36 miles from getting off the…

  • UK: Day Four B – The Manor House in Morton-in-Marsh (Tues)

    UK: Day Four B – The Manor House in Morton-in-Marsh (Tues)

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    Tim

    I’m in the Cotswalds now, Morton-in-Marsh to be exact.  The hotel, The Manor House, was built in 1539, when King Henry VIII granted the Manor to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster.  Ownership eventually passed to the Creswykes, who were in residence.  The front porch, which contained my reading room, was added in 1668 by…