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| The Bridge, Bradford On Avon |
One of the many joys of a consulting assignment is the joy of traveling to newer places. It was the Rhine Valley in Germany before I came to England and before that the Yorkshire Dales again in England and even before that was a good 3 months at the big apple communting between exchange place and 34th Street,NYC.
This assignment brings me to to South-Western England to the county of Wiltshire and specifically to the town of Swindon. I was destined to be in Swindon for 2 full years more so probably because my providence decided to link me to this town that has such a bit of railway history and I have definitely admired European trains and the history behind these massive connectors in a unitedly fragmented continent. I live fortunately close to the Great Western Railway yard which is now a sprawling and ever expanding retail outlet village.. Also near where I live is another attraction that I have started to love visiting numerous times now.
The Cotswolds is an area in south central England containing the Cotswold Hills, a range of rolling hills which rise from the meadows of the upper Thames to an escarpment, known as the Cotswold Edge, above the Severn Valley and Evesham Vale. The area is defined by the bedrock of Jurassic limestone which creates a type of grassland habitat rare in the UK, and which is quarried for the golden coloured Cotswold stone. This gives the quaint houses in this area a soft golden colour.The area, designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1966, is considered to have unique features derived from the local Cotswold stone; the predominantly rural landscape contains stone-built villages, historical towns, and stately homes and gardens - Oh! tell you what, every village I have been to now is so charming. The villages in the Cotswolds are typical stone villages and are so full of charm from Stratford-upon Avon to Bath in the South. After my first visit although on a recommendation from a friend, we have fallen in love with the landscape which is a mix of golden yellow stone villages, rolling hills and meadows and rivers the size of brooks and streams. The Cotswolds have some of the most charming English Villages I have seen and tops on my list of all things English - The Dales, Lake District. It has now become a weekend past time to be in a village in the Cotswolds and the favourites have been Bourton-On-The-Water, Moreton on Marsh, Bibury, Lechlade-on-Thames, Bradforn-on Avon,Broadway, Lacock ,Castle Combe, Snowshill, Winchcombe and Stow on the wold,. The favourites being Bourton-on-water wich has been voted as one of the prettiest village in England so many times. There is so much to do in each of these villages -quaint little shops,museums (The motoring museum at Bourton), stone bridges, old and welcoming churches and little rivers throughout the most charming countryside where unspoiled fields and natural woodland complement the expression of rural England - Truly straight out of a picture book.
Get there if you are anywhere nearby anytime soon. Hope you enjoy the pictures. Will add more soon.
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| With Arun ,Windrush Riverside, Bourton on the Water - Aug 2014 |
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| After a good walk, Bradford on Avon - Aug 2014 |
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| Air Tattoo, RAF Fairford |
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| Bibury,Cotswolds |
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| Broadway Tower - A historic folly |
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| The Arlington Row,Bibury |
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| The abbey at Lacock |
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| Blackberries while biking |
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| Bourton on Water |
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| Posing with the Transall C-160D German Air Force Transporter |
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High Street,Broadway
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| Wye Valley view from Symonds Yat (Forst of Dean) |
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| Sunday morning exploring Lechlade on Thames |
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| My Favourite view of the Arlington Row |
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| Snowshill |
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| The Romance of the cream teas |
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