June 3, 2004
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Swan Hotel in Bibury, England Photo and enhancement by Chris Duffy
Like most of the little rivers and streams we saw in England, this one was just about two foot deep. I suppose it must get a little deeper at some times, otherwise there would be no need for the higher walls. At any rate, I thought that the folks in Bibury did a magnificant job showcasing their stream. They even have this little spillway, which adds a lot more interest to the otherwise placid waters. I especially liked the little park too, with it’s bird bath and flowers.
On another note, I talked to Alice again today and they are totally out of the apartments now and into the house. They have still not handed over the reserved money to their builder because there are still 3 or 4 things that he needs to complete . . . like a countertop in the laundry room, screens on the windows, replace the damaged carpet in one room, etc. She was exhausted Wednesday evening, but not quite as tired tonight. She said she LOVES her new deep bath tub.
Oh, and my new computer arrived today, but I haven’t even had a chance to take it out of the box. I’m going to take my time getting it set up, afterall, there is NO DEADLINE. It’ll get done when it gets done.
Comments (6)
beautiful pic!!
I’ve stayed in the Swan
Used to get put up there when on business in Cirencester (which fyi is weirdly pronounced Sississter)
REALLY!!! We kept pronouncing it SirenCester and no one corrected us. I guess they just chalked it up to dumb Americans.
I can rest my heart in your site…/N *
No, a lot of people pronounce is CirenCester its more modern and because unless you know the area you wouldn’t know so its becoming accepted.
There is another place with an equally odd pronounciation, Towcester, which is pron. Toaster. A lot of people know that one though because its a famous horse race track.
England has a lot of weird pronunciations not related to the spelling. The oddest of all is the one everyone (in the UK) knows, Featherstonehaugh which is for some totally unknown reason pronounced Fanshawe!
Great pic. Thanks for update on Alice. Hooray for your new computer.
Mike