Home via the Cotswolds

We left The Lion Inn at Trelleck by 10am on a fine sunny morning. The drive north offers fine views over the Usk valley before dropping down in to Monthmouth, then on to Ross-on-Wye and bypassing Gloucester to first Cotswolds stop at Burford. We parked up in the free car park and walked back into the pretty village to browse the shops and find a sunny spot for a coffee break.

Then on to Lower Slaughter to have some lunch. Unfortunately I tried to drive (unsuccessfully) under a 2.35m canopy at the riverside manor restaurant and had to make a careful retreat. Impossible to park on the road for double yellow lines so we carried on to Stow on The Wolds and had nice ploughman platters at the Porch House which claims to be oldest inn in England (and we thought that honour went to the Trip to Jerusalem in Nottingham) established in 947AD.

There is a good cook shop in Stow where I found a replacement sink drainer and Rosemary invested in some new mugs. We had parked in the Tesco car park so took advantage of the occasion to get some provisions for returning home.

We arrived back at 6:15pm to start unpacking the van and gut the trout ready for tomorrows supper.