Now that Mike and Pauline had left, the weather changed dramatically and we soon found the rain and grey skies that are quite familiar to the UK.
After a latish breakfast we decided to head off to Cirencester to look at the other Caravan Club site. It looked fine but much larger than the Burford site. From here we headed back along our walking route to Burford via the quiet country lanes and stopped at several villages which we did not see on our walk. As we were getting peckish we stopped for lunch at the pub where we had stopped on Monday and enjoyed yet another good lunch of sandwiches and in the rain we arrived in Lechlade. This is a nice little town with a large 'Christmas Shop' which sells decorations and all things for Christmas all year round.
With the knowledge that Roger and Sue may join us the next day for lunch we visited the local butcher who had some excellent homemade pasties and pies and so we decided to go for these instead of the usual ham.
It was still raining for the rest of the day and we had a quiet evening in the caravan just enjoying the peace and quiet apart from the few old RAF aeroplanes taking off from Brize Norton.
Thursday came around and the weather was acceptable, at least not raining, and so Rog and Sue arrived in the 'beast' (Rogers Porsche) and so a pleasant lunch followed with some wine and they left around mid afternoon, it was a lovely way to pass some time.
Another evening of TV and we watched the 'apprentice', what a bunch of losers these people are, one small group wanted to make Margate a major holiday destination for the 'gay' fraternity. Twits.
This was followed by the BBC 'Question time' programme which of course covered the current MP's expense claim row. To see the supercilious Mrs Margaret Becket sitting there and trying to explain away the fraud committed was unbelievable and very soon the audience were booing and jeering. This whole MP matter is not good for the UK and puts us level with an African banana state. Brown has obviously lost the plot and as for the Speaker of the House 'Gorbals Mick' we can only wait to see what financial tricks he has been up to. Please bear in mind it's his department that manages the MP's expenses and so it could be a case of if you claim what you like then perhaps then you won't attack me. Let's wait and see.
Friday morning arrived and we packed up the van and got ready to leave. We tried to time it to miss the traffic but we finally arrived back at Walton on Thames about mid afternoon after being stuck on the famous M25 as the junction with the M3 was partly closed.
Well it's been an enjoyable week in the Cotswolds and it's something we will no doubt do again.
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