November 3rd-5th 2023
We decided to echo our trip of 12 months ago and for Layla’s benefit get away from the noise of fireworks and visit Cirencester again, the campsite is far enough from civilisation for the noise of fireworks not to be a problem. We decided to stop en route at Broadway but as we drove along the low tyre pressure light came on, I pulled into a service station put my £1 coin in the machine set the gauge at the correct pressure and pressed go, a few minutes later it stopped so assuming all was well we set off again. The warning light came on again this time indicating the pressure was even lower, the air pump appeared to have sucked more air out. I travel with a small pump so on site I tried using it but unfortunately it only achieves a max of 60 psi so that wasn’t good enough, looks like I’m going to have to purchase a new pump.
We enjoyed a slow and relaxing walk around Broadway buying a few small items and enjoying the atmosphere.
It was a weekend of participating in the game of “dodging the heavy showers” sometimes we were lucky other times not getting quite wet, thankfully we had extra coats and other clothes. We managed to get back to Homer in Broadway just as the heavens opened so we sat out the weather and had a leisurely lunch. From there we drove on pausing for a while in Stow on Wold before getting to the site late afternoon. It rained heavily from 5 a.m. onwards and on Saturday morning we set off on our walk into Cirencester in heavy drizzle.
We had booked lunch for 12.30 so we mooched around the shops including a fascinating antiques centre, however our purchases were from a charity shop😊
Although we didn’t take any photos one place we enjoyed was a visit to an arts centre where the goods on display were for sale, the pottery, lamps, paintings etc had a distinctly Danish feel, we could have spent a fortune there.
I took quite a few more photos over the weekend but for some technical reason they are refusing to open on the blog and now late on a Sunday evening I’m too relaxed to try and solve the problem so unfortunately the blog is slightly shorter than normal.
taraabit 