29 April 2007

Wooten Wawen


On the way home from stratford we stopped in a very small village called
Wooten Wawen. There was a large house called Wooten Hall and a old church (1100). We had a look around; nice sheep, ducks, trees, old grave stones etc.
The place was very English and a much prettier way home than the M5.

Stratford-Upon-Avon

On Sunday we went for a drive in the arvo to stratford-upon-avon. This is the famed home of Shakespeare. It was interesting but i think the places fame has over-run the town so it is now so busy and popular that it is not that nice. There are lots of cool 4-500 yr old buildings and shakespeares house and his wifes house but mainly 10,000 people and a lot of very big car parks for all the people to park in. We had a beer in the above pub - The rose and crown and corinne bought a christmas decoration. We also finally found ourselves a modern day can opener that hopefully will work. On the drive home we asked jane to take us on a scenic route which was quite pleasant.

26 April 2007

Warley Wood in Spring

This is Warley Wood, our local park that we go walking in during our lunch time break. There was a very sudden change in the last two weeks from bare branches to masses of green leaves and flowers. The park is huge and Corinne sees all her clients here walking their dogs.
Green, sunny and warm!

24 April 2007

Driving around Snowdonia



On Sunday we went driving around an overcast north Snowdonia. Everything was still beautiful though. We travelled through many small villages, pine forests, slate quarries and valleys, we also went along the coast a few times.
At lunch time we stopped in at a pub in Caernarfon for the Roast which was absurdly huge for only 3 pounds. We also visited the Castle there which was great.

Badgers and Cars don't mix

This is a dead snowdonian badger that was playing chicken with cars in a very tight lane.
The roads in Snowdonia and a lot of country UK are very narrow, often one lane with stone walls or hedges only centimetres from the edge of the tarmac. This little fellow misjudged his run.
I have been seeing large dead furries on the side of the road and have not been able to check them out until now. I thought badgers were mainly black but they actually have a lot of cream in the under fur.