Travels with Fufu, our motorhome
Tuesday 24th October 2023 We called at Hanbury Hall on our way home from the Gloucestershire trip as a way of breaking up the journey. Hanbury Hall The hall was built in the 18th century by Thomas Vernon, a wealthy lawyer on land owned by his family. Built in the Queen Anne style, the building is …
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Monday 23rd October 2023 The twin villages of Upper and Lower Slaughter, are about a mile from each other and a similar distance from the larger village of Bourton-on-the-Water in the Cotswolds. All three villages are extremely picturesque with building built of cream coloured Cotswold stone. Lower Slaughter Lower Slaughter has the River Eye running …
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Sunday 22nd October 2023 Just a brief post today. We met up with our motorhoming buddies Jeeves, Michelle and Layla the Cockapoo, who drove through from home in their car and took us to Winchcome, where we enjoyed a fine lunch in The Lion Inn. The town has a very long history and as a …
Saturday 21st October 2023 Tewkesbury The Rivers Avon, Swilgate and Severn meet at Tewkesbury. With excessive rainfall from Storm Babet yesterday, they had overflowed and much of the lower-lying land surrounding Tewkesbury was flooded as a part of the local flood management plan. The point where the rivers Avon and Severn meet Results of ignoring …
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Friday 20th October 2023 We are staying for the next few days at the Camping and Caravanning Club site at Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, attending a meeting of the CCC Photographic Group. High and Dry on site at Winchcombe (well damp anyway) After our reasonably uneventful journey south yesterday, Storm Babet brought heavy rain overnight and throughout …
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"See-u-Later" 