Donkey Hotty
11.07.2011
All packed up and on the road by 9am. We need to be in the Cotswolds by 5pm latest to pick up the keys to our apartment so we're just gonna have one stop on the way, the historic Devon village of Clovelly. The whole village is heritage listed and cars aren't allowed into the village. The street down to the village is very steep and cobbled so not the easiest to walk on. It's so steep that for years the residents went up and down the streets on donkeys. They still have the donkeys but they no longer use them for heavy loads. Now all goods are taken down to the village via sledge.
As we walked down the cobbled bob sleigh track we were passed by sweating, panting, purple faced people who'd left started the trip back up the ski slope three day before. Panic started to set in!!
We wandered around for a while, putting off the trip back and eyeing the donkeys, wondering if we could steal a couple to get back up when we noticed a sign that said we could get a land-rover ride back to the top from the harbour. Guess how we made it back????
Once back in the car we set off for the Cotswolds. The Cotswolds are located in west, central England and cover areas of Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Somerset, Worcestershire and Warwickshire. Apparently the word "cotswold" translates to "sheep enclosure in rolling hillsides" hmmm
The whole area was designated an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 1966, so we are looking forward to spending the next week there. We're also looking forward to our apartment. We booked something a "bit special" for this week and once we arrived we were certainly not disappointed. Our apartment is wonderful. It has every luxury mod con you could dream of, and a couple I'd never thought of! We have a TV that comes out of the ceiling in the bedroom, a denon sound system in the bathroom, air con hidden behind art work, remote control lighting and my favourite, a self closing toilet seat and lid (I want one for the new house!!)
We went to one of the local pubs for dinner and a couple of drinks, then sunk into our 1800 pocket spring bed zzzzzzzzzzzz
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