Still Stratford

Just a short update: We had a nice weekend with Sean here. We went to 3 of the 4 'Shakespeare Houses' that are open in winter. Sean went back to woork in London last night, and Lyn and I walked to the 4th one this morning. There is a 5th one, but it is closed out of season. By now, we have pretty much seen what is to be seen in Stratford upon Avon. As a comment on the blog said, it is a shame to do it in 2 hours, 2 days would be good. If we stay any longer, we could become tourist guides ourselves! We are going back to London on Thursday; if the weather is agreeable we will take a bus to Moreton in Marsh tomorrow. That is in the Cotswolds and there is a market on a Tuesday. We did a 7 day walk in the Cotswolds 4 years ago, which started in Moreton in Marsh, so it will be nice to go back there.

Anne Hathaway's cottage, where we walked this morning. It is about half an hour's walk from Stratford town centre. Ann Hathaway was Shakespeare's wife and this is where she grew up.

The first signs that we are moving towards spring: These are called 'crocussen' in Dutch (don't know what they are in English, I'll find out). They are usually some of he first flowers out, sometimes piercing through the snow.