We left Liverpool at 7:40 am on our way to Chester. Chester is known as a shopping town, building commerce to recreate itself after an economic decline.
It offered two tier, open to the street markets. Cosmos tous wisely decided with the number of women on board they should limit our stop to very brief in order to keep us on schedule. After our brief stop we were off again to "dip our toes" into Wales.
Llangollen is a border town - quaint and old (aren't they all). Here was the first time we encountered pay toilets. We paid 20p for 1 pee. Is that a fair trade? It depends on how desperate the need is.
We headed off to Stratford on Avon but we hit traffic at Birmingham which waylaid us for half an hour, according to the drver.
Stratford-on-Avon is a typical, bustling tourist centre full of shops geared to get between people and their money. We allowed them to take a few bob from us. In honour of William Shakespeare there is a statue of the jester on Henley Street. He is lovingly referred to as the fool. We have taken a picture of one of us with the statue. (picture to follow once we have USB port access). It will be up to you to decide who is the fool.
Back on the bus we headed through the Cotswolds - WOW! Let me say that again, WOW!
We passed some houses for sale and if I can find a house for a couple of hundred pounds you'll not see me for dust. ( aside from Gloria-Rose: Leslie is in denial again. There will be no dust. It has been raining again).
Into Bristol for a bus tour. We didn't disembark, because of the pouring rain. We couldn't take pictures through the raindrops streaming down the window so we feel it was a waste of time, however, the tour guide probably felt obliged to give us our money's worth.
We are in our room, all fed up and happy. We have internet on TV in our room so you lucky dogs ge our instalments. Sorry, no USB port for pictures. They will come later.
Tomorrow we are back to London. Our our is quickly coming to a close. I am sure there will be many sad emotions experienced as we say good-bye to our favourite fellow passengers (and driver)/
That's all for today. Ta! ta!
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Hi Mom,
Looks like you are having the time of your life. My mom says she is living vicariously through you and that she loves the blog (although she doesn't quite understand what a "blog" is) Anyhow I am enjoying coming home from work and finding out what you did that day and knowing that you are still safe and having fun! Keep up the good blog work, and can't wait to see you when you get home! Love ya, D
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