White Horse

This is a photo of that White Horse wheih has been etched on to the hill side. Near Compton Bassett in Wiltshire.

Ramsbury

Monday 29th August - Bank Holiday. Set off from Liverpool at 6am this morning. Made way to Compton Bassett in Wiltshire which strangely enough is where Robbie Williams lives. Then on to Yatesbury nearby. Then It was a 40 minute drive up to Ashbury and then back down to Aldbourne and finally Ramsbury where I took this photo of the oldest garage in the UK apparently.

15th-17th August, Lacock

I have just made the decision to do three day promotional tours instead of just two days to make the most of the summer months which are fast coming to an end! I started in Lacock and racked up a lot of miles travelling around Wiltshire, visiting villages such as Seend, Broughton Gifford, Urchfont, Melksham, Devizes, Wilton and Manningford Abbots. My first impression of Wiltshire was that I shouldn't bother travelling extensively in this county but I'm glad I did because it's proving to be very interesting...

Amazing view from Bowden Hill looking over Lacock

8th-9th August - Chippenham

For this visit, I took the whole family down to stay at my Dad's in Bristol for a few days. I was working around the Chippenham area in Wiltshire just up the M4. Villages included Malmesbury, Lea, Restrop, West Kington, Luckington and Wingfield.

5th-6th August Gloucestershire

In to August now...the year is flying by! Didmarton, Shipton Moyne, Horsley - again thiese places are in Gloucestershire or may be Wiltshire none of which I have previously visited...it's really interesting going to all these new places.

Shipton Moyne stood out for the reason that I have often wondered if I would ever meet someone who commissions a painting from me who is friends with another one of my customers that lives in a completely different part of the country. Well, this happened in this village where one of my customers knew another one of my customers who lived in Worcester!!!





I know I keep saying this but this actually is the most amazing view that I have come across - it's a special view point that is even mentioned on a road sign - It's near a place called Birdlip, Cirencester, looking West!

26th-27th July Stroud

Deep in the heart of Gloucestershire, places visited include Stonehouse, Slimbridge, Coaley, Woodchester, Robborough Common. All of these places were very small villages - some were extremely hilly which made it very difficult to get around. I had never been to any of these places before with the exception of Slimbridge which I visited during school trips on a number of occasions.

This was an interesting view photographed in the village of Black Bourton.

This was my final day of work in the Cotswolds - the next day I travelled to Harefield nr Stroud.

Stroud

Tuesday 26th and Wednesday 27th July were spent in Stroud and the surrounding area with an overnight stay at my Dad's house in Bristol. Spent a great deal of time in the Village of Woodchester - not much to say about this except that it's very hilly!! Some excellent views of the surrounding area.