Jeff and I are constantly amazed at the beauty of the Cotswolds, which is the hill region near which we live. On our drive to the Chedworth Roman Villa to meet Sam, we drove down a country road, through a little town and came to this field with a stream and many sheep and their frolicking lambs , but unfortunately, they're hard to see in this picture. The scenery reminded me of Psalm 23.
Once we met Sam, we drove to a nearby restaurant for lunch and then went back to the villa to take a look around. The Chedworth Roman Villa, a Nation Trust property, is one of Britain's best examples of a Romano-British villas with well preserved remains of Roman baths and mosaics.
Jeff and Sam standing near the villa's latrine
The Victorian Shooting Lodge in the background now houses the villa museum.
The kitchen and the dining room have mosaics depicting the four seasons.
The West Bath House had heated chambers,whereas the the North Bath House had cold water baths.
The Heated Living Room had pillars (seen here) that held up the floor while hot air from an attached fire room circulated between the pillars to heat the floor and room above.
Sam during our "much-needed" break
The pheasant wandering around his garden. I hadn't seen a pheasant up close before, so I had to take a picture. He was actually quite pretty with many different colours of feathers.After finishing at the villa, we drove up the road to Northleach to find a tea room, with no success, but we did find a cafe to finish up discussing Munich matters.
The streets were lined with houses and buildings made from Cotswold stone
The town also has "one of the finest Cotswold wool churches", the Church of St Peter and St Paul. "The church has been called 'The Cathedral of the Cotswolds', and with good reason. It seems at first glance quite odd that a small town like Northleach would possess such an extraordinary church, but the fact is easily explained with a little dose of history. In the medieval period the Cotswold region was famous for the quality of the wool it produced. So prized was this wool that many wool merchants became fabulously wealthy by the standards of their time. Some of this wealth was lavished on their local churches."
The streets were lined with houses and buildings made from Cotswold stoneThe town also has "one of the finest Cotswold wool churches", the Church of St Peter and St Paul. "The church has been called 'The Cathedral of the Cotswolds', and with good reason. It seems at first glance quite odd that a small town like Northleach would possess such an extraordinary church, but the fact is easily explained with a little dose of history. In the medieval period the Cotswold region was famous for the quality of the wool it produced. So prized was this wool that many wool merchants became fabulously wealthy by the standards of their time. Some of this wealth was lavished on their local churches."
Yesterday afternoon, Jeff and I decided to drive over to the west side of the Severn River into the Forest of Dean. Just before driving into the forest, we stopped at the Westbury Court Garden, another National Trust property. This garden is "the finest example of a Dutch style water garden in the country", "was originally laid out between 1696 and 1715" and appears as it would have at its best in 1720.
Jeff under a 400-year old oak tree
Snake's Head Fritillary
Beautiful, unusual flowers
Summer snow drops
Me in an ornamental garden
Cute bunny
Jeff by a canal
Fountain at the base of a canal with the pavilion in the background
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