Off this morning ten miles north of Oxford to this historic gift to the Duke of Marlborough and one of Winston's favourite spots. Actually called by yesterday afternoon but decided we needed more time to see the house and gardens and get our 34 pounds worth! Should be fun. Tess has started uploading her photos so for those after better looking shots, I'll place a link to our MobileMe gallery.
http://www.me.com/gallery/#100142
We spent yesterday "doing" the Cotswolds - Upper and Lower Slaughter, Bourton-on-the-Water (Tourist trap) Burford (nice), Stow, Broadway and a few others before exhaustion set in. Had to let Tess drive!
Back after an 8 hour day seeing the sights of this Palace. Lovely grounds and gardens but the Italianate architecture is not my choice. Apparently the Duke himself walked past but I didn't recognize him as we hadn't yet done the tour. Complicated Family Tree the Marlboroughs. Lots of portraits and excellent guide helped enlighten me. Did the Maze in 5 minutes! Alright, half of it. Some pics on Facebook in the Oxford album. Probably should create more albums but have dozens of places to keep track of them and consequently I never remmber what photos are where. And I haven't included any from Tess. She's on Facebook now and needs friends!
Cheers,
Rob
PS Long drive to Leeds tomorrow. Probably less internet too for the next 9 days.
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