Excellent adventures in travel
Tuesday was transfer day, driving south from Broadway to Portsmouth. The harbor fortifications date back to Henry VII (c. 1500), built as part of England’s endless wars against the French. Portsmouth’s ancient/modern cathedral has bits from every century since its 12th century beginnings, making for some pleasing but rather odd juxtapositions. We caught the ferry … Read more
Monday’s ramble round the Guitings* (Power, Temple & Woods) brought lots of variety – along with the usual mud and sheep. *What’s in a name? “Guiting comes from the Saxon getinge meaning rushing which presumably refers to the Windrush, then a considerable river.” First through Guiting Woods, now owned by a property magnate who’s restoring … Read more
Yesterday we hopped the local bus to Chipping Camden, then trekked back to Broadway along the Cotswold Way. Lots of slogging through dreary, mucky fields, with no views since clouds hugged the ridges. I traveled back in time, imagining myself as a villein, taking the long road home after working out my service to the … Read more
No, not THAT Broadway. I mean the proper Broadway, in Gloucestershire, England. Comes with sheep, of course.
This Broadway also comes with good friends, countryside rambles, welcome-cats, a cozy cottage and proper apples. On Saturday, we did the Broadway-Buckland-Snowshill Ramble.
