The Internet access has been bloody awful since Oxford, but now that we're in Dursley in a lovely B&B with a high speed, RELIABLE Internet connection, it's time to get some photos up.
April 14 to 16 - Calgary to Toronto to Iceland to London:
Here's a snapshot of the route tracker on the TV screens on the comfy Icelandair Boeing 757. I can still hardly believe that it cost less for the Westjet flight to Toronto, a night's stay and the Icelandair flight to London than for a direct flight to London. A further bonus was less jet lag.
April 17 to 18 - London to Oxford to Chipping Campden:
We had plenty of time for a stroll in London, coffees in hand of course, through Hyde Park and down winding narrow streets,
... before catching the 12:19 train to Oxford at Piccadilly Station.
After dropping off our packs at the Royal Oxford Hotel, we found a tour guide in front of the Oxfam shop, an English teacher from Scotland, who showed us round and helped us avoid the teenagers who came to gawk at the place where Harry Potter movies were filmed.
The next day another train got us to Moreton in Marsh, where we had lunch at a delightful tea house
... then we took a taxi to Chipping Campden. The guide books aren't fibbing when they describe this village as picturesque.
Up next - The Cotswold Way National Trail
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