Here we are in the cotswolds on a walk. Believe it or not the last time someone went over this path, the river we had to cross was not there. Yes Linda made it across with out any problem. And I didn't fall in either. Ray, one of the walkers in another group took the pictures of us just in case someone fell in. Wednesday was a free day, so I took the train to Paddington station in London to retreive our bag from the lost and found. We were going to have it couriered to us, but if someone goofed, we might be off to Ireland before it came. Linda worked on housekeeping issues and prep work for the next leg of our journey. The good thing is that everything was still in the bag. Yesterday we walked to Blenheim palace where Winston Churchill was born, and the Churchill family has resided since 1726. We got on the bus in the morning which actually took us to the palace. It is over 2000 acres, so we got off and walked around the lake and the palace. We took the easy walk because we wanted more time to look around the palace. It is unbelieveable. The Junction Shopping centre from the TD bank road east could easily fit into the inner court yard. We took 3 separate tours of the facilities, and ran out of time. To see the

place properly a person would need at least a day. There are hundreds of paintings of the family, many done by painters whose name I recognized. Also some tapisteries that are about 300 years old and considered to be some of the finest in Europe. The picture to the left was taken by Ray again as were getting ready to go on the walk. Today is the last day of our walking tour, and we started in Stanton, and finished in Broadway. Couldn't see any of the lights though. Anyway, those two towns are considered to be among the most picturesque in the Cotswolds. Finished early so we could get back to Harrington House to pack for tomorrow. It should be an early day, as we have to go to Gatwick, off to a hotel to leave some of our luggage behind before going back to the airport to fly out to Ireland. We think we have all the B&B's booked in Ireland but one. We booked Dublin, but will have to confirm later. Anyway all for now