Nostalgic Couple Of Days.

[Caran]

At the moment we are in a hotel at Stratford on Avon. Decided we have earned a couple of days away. Earlier today we called in on an old friend I used to work with who lives in L'Spa. We had a good natter then came on to the hotel. Tomorrow we will do a bit of reminiscing around Warwick where I used to live about 25 years ago, then dinner in a Greek restaurant in Stratford. We will come home on Saturday via the largest market I have ever seen at Wellesbourne near Warwick then a leisurely drive home.
I don't often leave home but I did make an exception for this time.

[elliemay1]

Hope you have a lovely time Caran x

[Buenchico]

>>> Tomorrow we will do a bit of reminiscing around Warwick where I used to live about 25 years ago

Oh well, it should just about have had enough time to recover by now then ;-)

Have a great time, Caran!

;-)

[Patsy33]

Good for you! Enjoy :-)

[goodgoalie]

Have you called in to Kineton?

[Caran]

Goodgoalie what a great memory you must have!
I would love to go there again, must try and persuade OH to give it a go. Trouble is it's not his history only mine. My memories are longer than the time we have. But I hope we can do it.

[Caran]

Thank you all for such nice comments, very much appreciated.

[johnny.5]

Wellesbourne ain't what it used to be Caran

maybe pop to Henley -in-Arden for an ice-cream ?

[Bobbisox1]

Pleased you’re having a lovely time

[Caran]

Johnny.5 what do you mean about Wellesbourne? Is the market not as good as it was?

[Buenchico]

A Google review from a month ago, Caran:
"It's not like how it used to be before COVID-19, it has hardly any stalls and the ones that are there are pretty much the same the while way round. The aisles are alot wider which is probably the biggest improvement to the market. Stall holders are friendly and helpful".

. . . and another:
"Compared to pre pandemic it was a little disappointing. Not as many stalls, a lot of stalls selling the same items and overall more expensive. Still, it was a nice sunny day out".

[tonyav]

Lovely place and surrounding area, Caran. I used to go to the drag strip ( not that sort of'Drag', very fast car's ) just the other side ( to me ) of Stratford at Shakespeare county park.

[Caran]

We are back home now, had a super couple of days away.
Managed to look at all the houses I lived in. Some had changed others hadn't. Satnav played up a bit but got to places in the end. Most surprising thing was at Kineton
Where the open land opposite our cottage was no longer an exposed vista that was used for the battle of Edgehill. It is now full of mature trees and grass mounds. We had an enjoyable couple of days with nostalgic trips to old haunts. We had a superb meal at a Greek restaurant in Stratford.
Good to be home and all unpacked and sorted.

[Buenchico]

>>> Where the open land opposite our cottage was no longer an exposed vista that was used for the battle of Edgehill

Ruddy 'eck, Caran! I didn't realise that you were THAT old ;-)

I'm glad you had a good time anyway!

[goodgoalie]

Hi Caran. I only remembered about Kineton as I live not far away - I do my weekly shop in Stratford!

[Caran]

Chris, that battleground opposite our cottage was haunted. At certain times of the year there were hauntings going on, connected with the battle. Our cottage was haunted. I was slapped very hard on the backside when there was no one else in the house.
Next door claimed they had an old man who sat on their bed sometimes.
Things also went missing sometimes. Most of the walls were stone built. In the lounge we had an enormous ammonite built into the wall.
It was a fabulous cottage to live in. Unfortunately my then husband died while we lived there. He had a brain tumour. I felt I had to move from there as it felt like the forth bridge as it was 300 years old and always something needed fixing.
So I moved to a semi bungalow that needed nothing doing to it.