Off to the Flower show

Once again we spent a pleasant Saturday afternoon travelling through the Cotswolds. We took the scenic route, travelling from Banbury via Tadmarton, Wigginton, Hook Norton and Greater Rollwright to Little Tew.
Hook Norton was in particular very pretty, the nicest 'town' I have seen so far. It is also home to the Hook Norton brewery (pictured), so we will be sure to spend a few more days travelling in that area. Sadly the brewery is closed on Saturday.

Natasha loved Little Tew.. it is probably the prettiest Village I have seen so far. In fact, Natasha was so overcome (even gasping at one point) that she said that she could gladly live there. Guess I'll start saving now...

Onto the flower show, which was quite a nice quaint little country event, situated between Great and Little Tew. Many of the stalls were fund raisers for the local schools. We even saw Patrick Stewart there (of Star Trek/X-Men/Royal Shakespeare company fame), in his gumboots talking to the local yokels. Natasha went ballistic and wanted to take a photo.. she's such a sucker for a celebrity ;) I managed to maintain our dignity and refrain. After all, if Patrick can't spend a nice quiet Saturday afternoon wearing gumboots standing in the middle of a paddock without someone asking him for picture, when can he??

It was amusing to overhear someone say "Isn't that the guy from Star Wars?"



There was a horse ride featuring a wheeled wooden pony that rolled down a long slide.



And yes, these flowers are real.