Part 2 should be called visits to the surrounding area. The bus stop was only a 5 minute walk from the caravan site and so it was going to be more convenient using the bus to get to the main centres. Having said that we needed the car to get to Croome Park a National Trust property. The next bit is gleaned from the NT website:
Croome was 'Capability' Brown's first complete landscape, making his reputation and establishing a new style of garden design which became universally adopted over the next 50 years. The outer eye-catchers, acquired in 2009, and the elegant park buildings were designed by Brown, Robert Adam and James Wyatt. Croome Court, sold by the Coventry family in 1948, is at last reunited with the parkland, allowing visitors to appreciate the 6th Earl’s vision for the estate as a whole. The house is presented empty of contents, giving visitors an opportunity to follow the restoration progress over the coming years.’
Sue at the newly refurbished Ice House'.
Looking around the cellars at the various displays we spotted this photo of Graham Bill. I know a few of you who read this blog will remember Graham from Cornwall School, Dortmund. Graham used to teach here when it was St. Joseph’s Special School.
Next time you are at a ball make sure you know your ‘fan etiquette’. Double click the photo to enlarge it.
Stuart at the Island Pavilion. This is one of the few photos of me on this holiday so enjoy it.
The number 71 bus takes you from Tewkesbury to Gloucester. We did the main sites on the this visit and on the second one Sue hit the shops and I did some of the geocaches around the hospital.
Here you see the cathedral which is well worth a visit. The second and last photo of me by one of the old steam cranes in the newly renovated dock area.
Sue by the centrifugal water pump known as ‘The Snail’. This dry dock is used for overhauling wooden boats using traditional skills.
The 41 or 42 bus takes you to Cheltenham Spa. These buses take different routes to Cheltenham so it’s worth doing your homework before you set off. We found out the hard way! On the way into Cheltenham Spa you pass the Aston Martin, Bentley, Jaguar, BMW, Mercedes etc. garages. So we were expecting something a little up market and we were not disappointed. The town is described as the most complete Regency town in England.
The Pump Room in Pittville Park.
Neptune fountain built in 1893 and fashioned on the Trevi Fountain in Rome.
The 540 bus takes you to Evesham by a very circuitous route, but it does give you a good view of the little villages. Also it is the first time we have arrived at a bus stop in reverse, honest (it is part of the planned route).
The old market town of Evesham is situated in the centre of the famous horticultural Vale of Evesham - the fruit and vegetable basket of England.
The 15th Century Roundhouse – actually rectangular
The gateway to Abbey Park
The Vision of the Swineherd Eof
This bronze sculpture came about via a public art competition held by the Cotswold & Vale Magazine of Evesham. Six sculptors were shortlisted and asked to submit a maquette sculpture idea using the theme of the legend of Eof. All the proposed sculptures were then anonymously displayed in public where they could be voted upon by the local population.
The 16th Century Bell tower in Abbey Park
The Almonry, this 14th century building, once the home of the Abbey's Almoner, houses a wealth of information and artifacts, documenting the history of the great Abbey and the defeat of Baron Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham in 1265.
Well that covers most of our trips out of the Tewkesbury area. Need less to say we met lots of people on site and even one lady said ‘ I remember you from 2 weeks ago’. We think we she was having an away weekend with a male friend ‘ say no more’ wink, wink.
Just to bring you up to date with my visits (Stuart) to the hospital I have had to have one of my excisions (cut out) done again (today 26th May) because there was a minute bit of the basal cell carcinoma left behind. At the moment one of my eyebrows is being pulled up, to give me a very quizzical look. I hope it is the tape that is doing it and not the stitches or I shall look like that forever more!
This is a You Tube clip about St. Joseph’s school – 2 minutes only.
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