I Out trip to London was interrupted by a very enjoyable stop at the medieval town called Burford. It is one of those places that you kind of accidentally bump into en route to somewhere else.
It was truly a find. All the houses where constructed of stone. The streets were extremely narrow. Also there was a very beautiful and stream running through the town adjacent to an ancient church That was built in the 1200s. The cemetery was very unusual having many burial caskets placed above ground and made out of the granitelike rock. Some of the graves were nearly 1,000 years old.
A late lunch at Burford saw us eating a traditional British meal with roast beef potatoes Yorkshire pudding vegetables horse radish and gravy. Was it ever good!!
from here it was onto Oxford university campus. However we did arrive a little late in the afternoon. It was extremely busy with traffic and parking was impossible. Oxford will have to wait for another trip.
We did stop for a few minutes on the River Thames that runs through the heart of the University. On it we met a gentleman who lives in a river boat – houseboat. He has spent 19 years drifting along back-and-forth between London and just beyond london. a river license fee of 1100 pounds a year and a lot of boat maintenance make for a rather interesting lifestyle.
One of graces on this trip has been latebooking.com. Once again we use their services and ended up at the
The New Inn, in Readong county. It was another great find with great food and find accommodation. And a real good thing about the location was its price -- only $55 pounds for a couple. This included breakfast!!
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