wet and windy weekend away

We wanted to have a weekend away, before the cold wintry weather arrives.After considering various places, we decided to visit Cotswolds, which is only 2 1/2 hours and a pleasant drive away.
We usually have a good weather this time of year, well not this year! But the B&B was booked and the weather man promised a better weather for Saturday.
The first stop of our trip was Burford, on a nice day a very pretty small town, not so very pretty on a wet and windy Friday.

But even on a day like this there is a lot of shops to browse in and plenty of establishments to hide in from the rain and take refreshments.

 And then there is Burford Needlecraft Shop, which is packed with everything a needleworker might need. It was very quiet in the shop that day, all the local needleworkers were probably indoors stitching away.
It is the kind of a shop where I forget the time!




 


And there is the sweet shop, and what a sweet shop!

From Burford we drove to Bourton on the Water, another one of Cotswolds towns very popular with tourists. We have visited here several times, it used to be one of our places to escape to when we used to live in London area, and we also brought our overseas friends here.

We were booked in at the Holly House, a lovely B&B owned by Paula and James Lyons.We stayed with the Lyons family before and it was a pleasure to return here. Paula, with her cheerful personality, is a very good host and James cooks a great breakfast. The rooms are very clean and comfortable.

I would recommend Holly House to anyone visiting the area.

Saturday turned out to be much better day for sightseeing. Some more pictures from the area.

Sunday was again grey and wet. After a substantial "Lyons" breakfast we packed our bags and a jar of greengage jam made by Paula's mum, and headed for home. On the way the weather improved well enough to be able to stop and visit the  Lacock Abbey and the Village.

 

Lacock Abbey and the Village has been used as a location for many films and television productions: Cranford, Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice, The Mayor of Casterbridge, Emma, Moll Flanders,

The Other Boleyn Girl, Robin of Sherwood.....................

 

After a light refreshments at the "King John Hunting Lodge" Tea Room it was time to drive home.

P.S. Only after my return home and publishing this post, I found out from Sue, who lives in the area, that a new patchwork/quilting shop opened in Burford two days before our visit, see Cupcake Cottons.

Unfortunately, due to the weather, we never found it! It could had been a lot more expensive weekend!