Aug 8, 2010
Tweet Tip 70 – Accept that there is never complete right or wrong Radcot Bridge crosses the River Thames at Radcot in Oxfordshire carrying the A4095 road across the river above Radcot Lock. Adjoining the bridge is the delightful Swan Inn and slight earthworks known as Matilda’s Castle. There are three stone bridges at this point on the Thames, Radcot Bridge itself plus the ‘Canal Bridge’ and...
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Accept that there is never complete right or wrong – Radcot Bridge
Aug 1, 2010
Tweet Tip 21 – Enjoy Your Own Company Sheep Street in Burford is a pure delight. Away from the tourist filled high street it offers an amazing array of architectural styles in a quaint, unspoilt backwater. With the Tourist Information office located within the entrance of an old brewery, the impossibly lovely Bay Tree Hotel, and the timeless Lamb Inn it is the perfect way to spend a few moments just...
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Enjoy your own company – Burford Lodge
Jul 25, 2010
Tweet Tip 7 – Real Wealth and Freedom Comes Only From Within The ruins of Minster Lovell Hall rise majestically from beside the banks of the River Windrush like something from a gothic horror novel. The land here has belonged to the Lovell family since the 12th century. The vast hall, now sadly in ruins, dates from 1435 and was built by the seventh Lord Lovell, on the site of an earlier building. However...
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Real wealth and freedom comes only from within – Minster Lovell Hall
Jul 18, 2010
Tweet Tip 59 – Know How Lucky You Are. There has been a mill on this spot from time immemorial, one of three mills within the manor of Fairford since 1066 and mentioned in the Domesday book. In 1296 the site included a fulling mill but by 1307 there were only corn mills. Set in an idyllic location beside the river Coln the mill remains as peaceful today as it ever was despite the occasional tourist...
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Know How Lucky You Are – Fairford Mill
Jul 11, 2010
Tweet Tip 20 – The gentle art of meditation. St John’s Church, Inglesham is a hidden gem surviving in a medieval time warp. Relatively untouched by the march of time in a tiny hamlet near the source of the Thames the interior has remained substantially unaltered since the early 16th century. Loved by William Morris who founded the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings it is today...
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The gentle art of meditation – Inglesham Church
