the further adventures of Nigel (Saturday and Sunday)
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Nigel the Charity Pig enjoys a final weekend of holiday-making in Stratford-upon-Avon, starting with the next to last of the yummy breakfasts at the Adelphi. Nigel wonders about all the pork on the plate, though:
And then it was off for some final touring of the Cotswolds. In the village Wootton Wawen, just a few miles from Stratford, is St. Peter’s, a Saxon-era church:
Pretty:
The ladies at St. Peter’s were getting the church ready for their harvest festival. Nigel hopes pork is not going to be on the menu here:
Then it was off to the village of Henley in Arden, which is so unbe-freakin’-lievably quaint:
But what Henley is really famous for is ice cream:
Mmm, so many flavours! Which to choose?
(I had one scoop of apple-and-cinnamon and one scoop of clotted-cream. Delish!)
In the evening, it was back to the Dirty Duck for one last bout of eating, drinking, people watching, and friend making. No, that’s not Bob Hoskins, but FlickFilosopher.com reader teddestratford with Nigel at the Duck:
On Sunday, we took one last stroll around Stratford. On the waterside of the river Avon, with the lovely patio of the Dirty Duck in the background:
And a last cream tea:
Then it was off to the airport for the trip home:
Nigel is carryon:
so he doesn’t need a passport.
Not the overhead bin!
Okay, he gets to travel in style:
And Nigel’s adventures in New York are about to begin...
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comments
posted by Weimlady (Mon Oct 05 09, 3:16PM)
Oh, that last line made me smile. I was wondering if we would get to hear about how Nigel adapts to life in the big city!
posted by Grinebiter (Mon Oct 05 09, 4:11PM)
Do let us know if all the local pigs swoon over his British accent.........
posted by LaSargenta (Mon Oct 05 09, 4:21PM)
Will he hit the East Village and get some ink? All that pristine pink piggie flesh...
posted by Mimi (Mon Oct 05 09, 4:26PM)
Sigh. Go again, please. It's the next best thing to MY going!
Where did you eat all the cream teas? Look lovely.
posted by Tonio Kruger (Mon Oct 05 09, 4:45PM)
That's right. Give the poor creature a Soylent Green moment. I'm surprised you didn't lend him a book entitled To Serve Pigs.
The Flick Filosopher is indeed a harsh mistress...
posted by Dan (Tue Oct 06 09, 7:17AM)
Thanks for the travelogue! I always find it interesting to hear what foreigners think of Britain, and it makes a change to see an American venturing beyond London! It sounds like you're in love with the Wiltshire/Oxfordshire region, though, so have you ever considered venturing further south (Devon/Cornwall) or up north? Scotland, even?
Personally, I have never seen the point in going back to somewhere you've been before, particularly as it costs so much to travel abroad and the $/£ exchange rate is so poor for you.
posted by Mimi (Tue Oct 06 09, 9:47AM)
Dan -- I know what you mean, about visiting a place twice when there's a whole wide world out there. But it's hard to resist when you find someplace you really love. And the UK is big, don't you know! I've been three times (two weeks traveling all over, from Bath to Edinburgh; one week focusing on London; one week focusing on South Wales, where a relative was studying) and I'd still go back in a heartbeat. Exchange rate be damned ;)