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Today, after popping out for elevenses of coffee and cake, I let myself be rained in. I watched the rain come down in sheets and remembered when it felt like summer!
I drove here on a whim earlier this week. I started at the top of the hill with lunch in the cafe and then meandered down slowly to the bottom and this gorgeous sight. Caen (pronounced cane) Hill is one of the longest continuous flights of locks in the country. When the Kennet and Avon canal was constructed, getting boats up Caen Hill was going to be a problem! 16 locks had to be built in quick succession on the steepest part and there are 29 locks in total over a two mile stretch between Devizes and Rowde. If you are taking a boat this way, you need to give yourself plenty of time as it takes 5-6 hours to get through them all!
The first time that I tried to visit Broadway Tower was on a sunny bank holiday Monday. It was a convenient stopping point in the middle of a journey to Worcester. I had plans to stop for tea and cake. When I arrived however, it was so busy that I couldn’t even drive up the road to park as it was completely blocked with cars. There were so many people there that I gave up and continued on with my journey. I kept thinking about the Tower though and when I was next in the area I was determined to visit. This time I picked a very rainy day midweek and pretty much had the Tower all to myself!
When #snowshill was used in the Bridget Jones movie, the film makers covered the village with fake snow in the middle of July and cut flowers off of plants 😱 Thankfully it all looked naturally beautiful when I visited and it made for a lovely stroll after visiting Snowshill Manor.
Beautiful Snowshill #cotswolds
Hidcote Manor Gardens

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