Bibury

Traude arrived in mid-August to stay with us for nine days including the August bank holiday. Traude was still recovering from a nasty cold the first few days so took it easy and had a few meanders into town while we were at work. We went out to dinner with Amy & Paul one night and Traude and I went to one of the BBC proms at the Royal Albert Hall. I took the Friday off and we went on a wee boat trip along the Regen'ts Canal and exploring Hampstead Heath, then back through Hackney down to Brick Lane where we caught up with Graham for a curry.

It was really good to catch up.

For the long weekend, the three of us headed off to the Cotswols where we stayed in a B&B, toured some of the scenic towns and did some rural walks.

One of the towns we visited was Bibury.

The water in the river running through the village was really clear and you could see the trout (there is a local trout farm) waiting to be fed.

The main attraction in Bibury is Adlington Terrace, a series of old cottages now owned by the National Trust.

The other main attraction, at least for Graham, were the little yellow ducklings getting carried off by the stream.