WANDERING ABOUT SOUTH-ENGLAND,
when magnificient castles and cathedrals leave place to wild nature
and fascinating fishing villages, 12-23 July 2005
Tuesday 12/7 cold at night (14 km)
22.50-23.50 flight Ryanair 3565 TV San Giuseppe-London Luton (108 €
2 return tickets)
01.00-01.30 car hire center: Ford Focus LX (NA05KCE), (Hertz car rental
376,26£-11days)
02.30 Brookes RedLion Lodge Hotel, 2 Castle Street, Luton (5km from
airport, 48£) 9m
Wednesday 13 sunny/hot with heavy pouring rain at 3.30 p.m. (225 km)
09.30-10.30 Luton (Bedfordshire county)
12.00-12.15 Grantchester
12.30-14.30 Cambridge. ***(Cambridgeshire)(lunchbreak), downtown visit
47 m
18.30 Arrival in Warwick (Warwickshire) 149 m (BB Stokesleigh, 46 Coten
End, 36£, dinner at "The cellar": chicken/pepper stuffed
rice, 23,45£)
Thursday 14 sunny/hot (164 km)
09.30-11.30 Warwick ,*** "The Mill Gardens" (2£), the
castle (outside), the church.
13.00-14.30 Worcester, (Worcestershire)(lunchbreak) the cathedral (King
John's tomb, the King who signed the Magna Charta), walk by the Severn,
England's longest river. 185 m
18.30 arrival in Oxford. (Oxfordshire), downtown visit 251 m (BB Lonsdale
Guest House – C.M.& R.C. Adams, 312 Banbury Road,60£
dinner at restaurant/pub by the Thames, stephen.ramos@fullers.co.uk
: chicken rice/lasagne, 19,65£)
notes:
1. passed through Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's hometown, before
going to Worcester.
2. had a break near Saintbury at a picnic area on the way to Oxford.
3. driven through the magnificent landscapes of the Cotswolds Hills:
typical English countryside with some quaint stone-built villages such
as Moreton-on-Marsh and Stow-on-the-wold.
4. had a view of Bleinheim Palace at Woodstock, just before Oxford.
Friday 15 sunny/hot (224 km)
09.50 leaving Oxford.
12.00-16.00 Windsor, *** (Berkshire) the castle, (25£), the park
(lunchbreak), Eton College. 307 m
18.30 arrival in Winchester, (Hampshire), capital of Wessex under the
Vicking King Alfred 390 m the cathedral, Wolvesey castle ruins, Wolvesey
Palace, Jane Austen's house. (BB "The Kings",88 Chesil Street,
60£, dinner at Pizza Express: pizza "la reine" /pollo
salad, 17,95 £)
Saturday 16 sunny (306 km)
09.30 leaving Winchester.
11.00-11.30 Stonehenge ***(Wiltshire), view of the worldwide famous
site.
12.00-14.30 Sherborne *** (lunchbreak), St Mary the Virgin's abbey,
walk through this nice village.
18.00 arrival in Brixham. (South Devon) 580 m (BB Maypool Park, splendid
and luxurious cottage looking onto Dartmouth, 1 Maypool, Galmton, near
Brixham, South Devon,90£, dinner in Brixham: fish and chips at
the harbour, 6,45£)
advice:
don't waste time in looking for any accommodation in Brixam (very little).
Stop before.
Sunday 17 sunny (322 km)
09.30 leaving Maypool.
13.00 arrival in St Austell. (CORNWALL) ( Allen's BB, 15 Southbourne
Road, 50£)
14.00-15.00 Mevagissey (lunchbreak)
16.00-16.30 St Mawes, Henry VIII's castle (outside).
17.30-17.45 Fowes, St Catherine's castle (built by Henry VIII, outside).
738 m
18.15-19.30 Polperro *** fascinating fishing village.
20.00-21.30 Looe. (dinner at "The Golden Guinea": rice/chicken,
17,80 £) 754 m
23.00 back in St Austell. 780 m
note:
ferry from Brixham to Dartmouth and from Fowes to Polruan (2£
each short crossing with car) (continua)
