Today was a day of relaxed touring of lots of little villages around the cotswolds (cotswolds refers to the type of stone used to build the villages). We went for tea and scones which were served with this butter-esque stuff called “clotted creme” which will clearly give you clogged arteries just looking at it. The little tea place was too small for our “buggy” so Elsie had some snuggling from Dad, who had a hot flash (fatherhood has given him a hormone imbalance) and passed her to aunt chloe where we snuggled right in.

The weather was pretty chilly this morning but the sun did shine (yes there is sun in england) – elsie spent a lot of the time bundled up (sun does not equal warmth). Chloe got ahold of our camera a snapped a few shots of dad and elsie – too cute not to post!

We also visited Elspeth’s Grave in Badsey where Alison and Chloe arranged a bouquet of yellow roses. Many other sladdens are buried in the cemetery including Sir Julius Sladden the brewer who was knighted for his philanthropy (ie spreading good cheer by giving away free beer) which is just at the front of the badsey church. The flowers were fabulous.


We ended the night with a lovely dinner in Winchcombe at a place called 5 north road (this is handy to name your restaurant your address) – a 1 michelin star restaurant. It was a yummy tasting menu with great wine and Elsie was a super champ sleeping it up all through dinner.

Here I am pushing the “buggy” in my new tartan wrap!