England
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Norfolk – Overstrand. (Church retreat – Aug 23).
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Norfolk – The Broads.
Read More…: Norfolk – The Broads.Salhouse Broad. Ranworth Broad. Ranworth Church Tower which you can climb to the top of and has a good view of the Broad. Wroxham.
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Chipping Camden.
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Chedworth Roman Villa.
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Bibury & Arlington Row.
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Hinchwick & Rock Pool road.
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The Slaughters.
Read More…: The Slaughters.The Old Mill in Lower Slaughter. The ‘ford’ on the River Eye in Upper Slaughter. The River Eye as it passes through Lower Slaughter. ‘The Lord of the Manor’ hotel and resturant in Upper Slaughter. Ideal for lazy lunch outside when the sun shines and a lazy walk around the garden and meadows. Upper slaughter.…
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Snowshill.
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Winchcombe.
Read More…: Winchcombe.One time capital of ‘Mercia’, Saxon England. Beautiful row of ‘Alm’ houses. My friends Dave and Jackie with Wynchcombe in the background. What a lovely happy couple. Sudeley Castle (just outside of Wynchcombe) is the final resting place of Queen Katherine Parr, surviving wife of Henry v111. Lady Jane Grey (shortest monarch to sit on…
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Minster Lovell & Little Minster.
Read More…: Minster Lovell & Little Minster.‘The Cat, the Rat, and Lovell the dog, ruled England under a hog’. A reference to three powerful men who ruled England under Richard 111. William Catesby, Sir Richard Ratcliffe, and Francis, Viscount Lovell. The ‘hog’ was reference to Richard’s emblem, the white boar. The ruins sit alongside the beautiful River Windrush. Little Minster is…
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