Showing posts with label cotswolds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cotswolds. Show all posts

Saturday 15 August 2009

Lower Slaughter, The Cotswolds

Lower Slaughter - not a very pleasant name eh? This place definitely takes some beating. I thought I'd seen the best of it in Cornwall, but clearly not, as Lower Slaughter was the most picturesque of all the places I'd visited during my week's holiday. Similar to Bourton up the road, this was a very quiet village and very much 'off the beaten track'.

Whilst looking at some postcards in a 'Bourton' gift shop, I happened to notice a sketch which was labelled 'Lower Slaughter'. It looked like something from an old film, but as it had caught my eye I remembered the name as we drove from Bourton to Stow-On-The-Wold. I had taken a wrong turn and headed up a country lane so I could do a u-turn and head back off to 'Stow', our original destination. It was along this country lane that I noticed a signpost that read 'Lower Slaughter' so ahead we went and there it was. We parked up next to St Anne's church and made our way across the road to the main street which was divided by the River Eye. The place was spotless. Again, very quiet with the odd person walking a dog here and there. All we could hear was the trickle of the water and the bird song. The sun was quite low and it shone against the houses next to the river. We sat for a while and took it all in. My camera got some stick mind, aye, there was no stopping the shutter! Even the ducks posed nicely before we headed on our way and off to Stow-On-The-Wold. It doesn't get much better than this!

Ash

Bourton-On-The-Water, The Cotswolds

It's a glorious Saturday afternoon and we're heading for the Cotswolds, a few miles from our hotel in Cheltenham. It's the end of what has been a great week after a lovely holiday in Cornwall. Our first stop-off was Bourton-On-The-Water, a very well presented village in the heart of Cotswold country. When we arrived the main street was very busy, but after exploring some of the quiet country lanes I was left with a sense of peace and quiet in this rather 'Up-Market' rural place. You could almost hear that pin dropping! Cotswold stone is in abundance here and some of the houses and gardens in 'Bourton' are stunning. Plenty photo opportunities here and you can view my other shots over at
Ashley Corr Photography

Cheers, Ash