The clematis and wisteria on these old Cotswold houses is just so beautiful….we just keep taking more photos, and more photos, and more photos….
We came across this monument near Hawksbury Upton. It is called both the Somerset Monument (for General Lord Somerset) and the Hawksbury Monument (since it is near that town).
Horton Court is said to be the oldest inhabited manor in England---but is closed at the present time. The National Trust owns it but needs some rich person to buy it and put the money into it to get the restoration done. We were only able to see it from the trail through the trees.
As we made our way down the trail toward Horton (where our B&B was) we saw lots of Holstein dairy cows. Whenever we walk through pastures with sheep, they all run away from us. But when we walk through or by pastures with cows, they come running to have their picture taken! I think they were even smiling!
Neil and I thought that we had found a herd of woolly mammoths---or even bigfoot! These cows were definitely different! These are called Highland cows and they are very shaggy. They seemed to be very gentle animals.
On our way down to Horton we passed this interesting building called a “folly.” It was made as a refuge for barn owls and other birds who nest in buildings.
Our B&B in Horton was very comfortable and we had some great conversation that evening with family and friends of our hostess, Liz Isaac.
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