Mum's Birthday

The weather was nice and sunny. We got off to a slow, but relaxing, start. It was mum's birthday wish to have two hours in Burford on her own. She says she wandered around the church graveyard and visited every shop! Mum found an 18 carat gold ring that she had to have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So her birthday money didn't last long (i still have some of my pounds from July). Dad & I picked mum up and we went to a gastro pub called The Swan hotel (pictured) in Bibury. I had a kids beef burger with chips for lunch and an ice cream with hot chocolate sauce for dessert.  Mum and dad had trout for entrée (I tried some of mum's and it was DELICIOUS). For main, mum had salmon and dad had lamb. For dessert, mum had toffee pudding and dad had cheese. To drink, I had lemonade, mum had a couple of glasses of bubbly and dad had a local beer. I thought that was the BEST restaurant I have EVER been to. We had a walk around Bibury and fed the ducks and swans with leftover chips and saw some BIG trout in the stream. After that we went back to Burford for one last look. Our next stop is Scotland.



Hi Riley's Mum here again! Big thanks to everyone for your birthday wishes for yesterday. I had a wonderful day. Loved my free two hours in beautiful Burford and had a long, relaxing look at all the cute shops. And as Riley said I started off with a stroll through the lovely old church (love nothing more than an old graveyard!)
Lunch was delightful in the amazing The Swan. It is so reasonable dining out here. The food was delicious and the French bubbles went down a treat. And Marty we are not taking any more foodie advice from you after the faggots incident!
The sun was shining and we even saw some blue skies - for the first time since we arrived.
Amazed to see huge trout in the stream outside the pub - wonder if their cousins were the trout on the menu? (Bill, you wouldn't have been able to resist that trout in the stream!)
Spent my birthday money on an old sapphire ring (1900-1920s) from an antiques shop in Burford - I am taking home a piece of the Cotswolds! I couldn't believe a dainty ring like that fitted my fingers - must have belonged to a farmer's wife with man hands!
This row of houses in this picture was a highlight of Bibury. Amazing that people live in them - looks more like a movie set. Well there is heartache ahead as we say farewell to the Cotswolds and head north to the land where people talk funny and the men wear skirts.
Love
Jo xxx