Morton in Marsh has special meaning to the Evans Family
Went up and spend a day in the Cotswolds, starting at Morton in Marsh
Swan Hotel in the background of Bibury in Northern Cotswolds
History of why area is Important to Evans Family
Dad was a Bomber Pilot during WW2 and was stationed for some time at Morton in Marsh, having met and married my Mum, a British nurse on a blind date in London. Big Brother Colin was born in Morton in the Marsh in Sept 4044. They left UK to return to NZ in early 1945, with coin as a babe back to NZ, after a long stint by dad in Uk and away from home. He flew Wellington Bombers. I saw a Wellington Bomber Museum on the outskirts of town as we passed by on the bus to be dropped off at the train station to catch the train back to Oxford. The young Evans family came back home to NZ. Dad was in action early in the War was based in the Middle East out of Egypt in the bombing of Libya where the Germans were based, this was in 1942 I think. This family history was one of the reasons I wanted to go to Morton in Marsh, and it did not disappoint. From my bike tour I also got a bit of background as tour leaders Andy and Gwen knew of the base, as it was used by the police in training for many years and they had both been there and also fellow rider Caroline, her husband was in the fire service and now it is fire service training facility. Early on in the tour when we rode across Bodmin Moor, we came across an old airfare in the middle of no where, high up in the moors, on a wet and desolate day. Was kind of airy, to see these old runways and ride along side them . Made me think of war, my Dad and history, especially in Europe. War has such futility, as we see the destruction in Ukraine today. I wish I had the answer to this problem our species has with making war on each other. Think if that energy could be applied creatively.
A Victor Wellington Bomber. Dad trimaran he built ,was called Wimpy which was around the word Wellington.
Where traveled by train early in the morning to arrive in Morton in the Marsh and oil a day tour of the Northern Cotswolds. This was photo of the bike racks in Moreton In the Marsh.
Up to Dover Hill lookout and where they have games in May on this hill. It was an area made rich by the early sheep industry. Very rich, and the wool was sought from all over Europe. As a consequence areas like the Cotswolds were reality prosperous for the times. Great views normally from this vantage point across the area and towns.
I just like the gate. On the ride we often had gates entering some of the tracks we biked on. Some were really hard to get thru and some like this were easy, well hung and I just liked it, so took a photo.
There they are, the locals , just lazing about
Was a bit cold and windy and drizzly at this point of the tour. Was a high point on the land as well so caught the poorer weather. The guy in the blue from from Nashville and a lawyer acting exclusively for creditors in insolvency and credit matters. American law is quite different from NZ with Chapter 11 situations etc. and hundreds of banks .
Do you think this lady liked her photo being taken 😀, oh not that guy again😀
Drizzly so photos not so good, summed up the weather really
Mark was our van driver-really nice guy and very interesting, and came from a farming background.
The first Village we went to was Chipping Campden,
A market town with a hall for the trading of sheep in the middle of the town and lots of thatched roofed house
In the roof are the stone slates
Appropriate name for a sheep based market town. For the wool of course. Sheep gave this area so much wealth.
The Thatched roofs being the most amazing feature.
I just like these little French cars
See the amount of thatch in that thatched roof.
The Euros Soccer competition is on. that's what all the flags are about on this building.
A pub obviously 🙄
Heading back to the bus
The second Major Stop was Stow-o-the-Wold
Had to take this photo Keith. The Talbot hotel:
The Oldest Pub In UK-the Porch House-
In Stow-on-the-Wold.
Had a soft drink here😀
Bibury -In Northern Cotswolds
Arlington row in Bibury in Northern Cotswolds
Resourceful farmer allowed the hedgerow to grow and the buses going buy could not see the Lavender, so he could sell separately admission to his farm of Lavender. We could see just a fraction from the van still but won't for long
We stopped for a short break around a small church and group of houses, used in Bridget Jones diary movie.
The following photos were from Bibury-which feature a village that had a picturesque view of cottages owned by the national trust that used to be used as homes for textile workers and weavers .. Their was a a trout farm near by that we didn't visit, but did buy and Ice cream from. Water flowed thru the area and the big Hotel which was on the main route was the swan hotel
These are part of the Arlington Row cottages
Have you seen this lady before ?
Next Village on our tour was Bourbon-on-the-Water
we went to a model of the village , the houses are small replicas of the village in the following photos
looking into the window of a model church, you can see my knees in the reflection, this is perhaps ¾ m high replica
small replica village, may be a1m high
Miniature replica village-real eh
More replica houses
A painting on the wall in a pub as we walked out of the model village
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