Tag: travel
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A Castle & A Handfasting: The Final Part of Our Time in the Cotswolds
Firstly, let me just say thank you thank you thank you to any and all who have taken the time to read through the bajillion parts of this humble little blog series. I had jotted notes into a tiny notebook during our trip and it was important to me to type them out and elaborate…
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Friendly Folks & Garden Plots: Part VI of Our Time in the Cotswolds
On our sixth full day in the Cotswolds, there was rain in the forecast for the first time during our trip (a boon, I’m told). Between that and attending an event in the evening that we didn’t want to be tuckered out for, we decided to use that day to savor Stow-on-the-Wold, as we would…
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Ancient Stones and Wool-Strewn Meadows: Part V of Our Time in the Cotswolds
Our fifth full day in the Cotswolds saw us beginning our morning at Stow Town Coffee, a tiny shop & roastery across the street from our cottage that’s known for providing the town with quality coffee. The shop is cozily nestled within an old limestone barn, so cozily that you order your coffee at the…
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Slow Travel & Slow Sunsets: Part IV of Our Time in the Cotswolds
One of the numerous reasons I love slow, relaxed, undemanding travel: It gives you plenty of room to be human. On our third full day in the Cotswolds, I was feeling a tad under the weather. Since we had decided to figure out the majority of our itinerary as we went, our spending another day…
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Footpaths & Rivers: Part III of Our Time in the Cotswolds
After a lovely, relaxed day exploring Stow-on-the-Wold, we decided our second full day in the Cotswolds would be spent hiking to three popular and picturesque villages. We enjoyed The Hive so much the previous morning that we returned for a hearty breakfast to fuel what would become an 8-ish mile hike. Andrew enjoyed ordering traditional…
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Jackdaws & Teatime: Part II of Our Time in the Cotswolds
When you and I were last traveling together through my recollections from a June trip to the Cotswolds, Andrew and I had just giddily concluded our first full day in that stunningly charming region. If you’d like to refresh your memory, or if you haven’t yet gotten a chance to give Part I a read,…
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A Summer Bucket List Check-In
As it always does, summer is leaving me dizzy in its haste. It seems only last week that I was working to check off my spring bucket list, and now the season of thunderstorms, lightning bugs, and humidity is almost halfway through. A Summer Bucket List Check-InWhat I’ve checked off thus far:-Visit and relish the…
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Remedying the Post Travel Blues
“Make sure you schedule things to look forward to upon your return.” This was the advice given to me by a dear, dear friend before Andrew and I embarked on our recent trip to the Cotswolds (If you haven’t yet, please feel free to check out Part I of my retelling of that trip). I…
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Alleyways & Cottages: Part I of Our Time in the Cotswolds
Shortly before settling in with my coffee to begin writing something up for this space, Andrew brought in the mail, a postcard lying at the top of the pile. It was the last of the three postcards I’d sent back home to us while we were on our recent trip–a watercolor image of the town…
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Exploring Community
Yesterday, I met up with a new friend for the first time. We grabbed coffee at my tiny town’s only coffee shop and the next thing we knew, three hours had passed and we were making plans to meet up again very soon. I walked to my car (well, after getting sidetracked and buying a…
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