Cotswolds - Day 2

29 September

On Saturday, we took the bus to another town called Burton-on-the-Water and rented bikes. We spent a few hours biking around the neighboring towns - Lower Slaughter and Upper Slaughter - and the surrounding countryside. Most of our time was devoted to admiring the scenery and the sheep. In the Cotswolds, the gates are engineered with the purpose of keeping the animals in, but allowing pedestrians to come and go as they please. So we ventured into many fields of sheep trying to get close to them. It was a perfect day of blue skies, green fields, and lots of frolicking. And sheep.

Mid-afternoon we returned the bikes in Burton, ate lunch, and took the bus back to Stow. 

We then walked from Stow to Lower Swell to eat at a recommended pub, called the Golden Ball. 

And of course, we found some more sheep...

Stow-on-the-Wold in the background

Finished off our great adventures at a cosy pub.