Had a wonderful day in this quaint area of yellow stone houses with slate roofs. Bought awarm fleece which I don't need at home but their smear here is quite chilly.

Pauline's lovely house. 6am. Standing in her brothers drive feeding off his wi fi. Pauline sleeps late so i think I will take a brief walk. More from the Cotswolds later.

YESTERDAY WAS A RATHER KICK BACK DAY. CAN'T GET MY IPAD ON PAULINES WI FI; SHE HAS SOOO MANY PASSWORDS AND NOTHING WORKED BUT HER BROTHER, WHO LIVES ACROSS THE STREET HAS EASY ACCESS. NO MC DONALDS OR STARBUCKS HERE. DRIZZLY, CHILLY DAY BUT WE DROVE TO CLENT HILL TO SEE THE LOVELY VIEW OF THE MDILANDS THROUGH THE RAIN. PAULINE LET ME DRIVE MY RENTAL BUT SHE WAS A BIT NERVOUS; I DIDN'T HIT ANY CURBS. HAD LUNCH AT A LOVELY LITTLE PLACE THEN RESTED IN THE AFTER...

I was never sooo glad to get anywhere; guess I thought I was Superwoman. Saturday spent a lovely lunch with my Amy, waited 4 hours at airport for an uneventful 9 hour direct flight Phoenix-London Heathrow. Customs, schlepped too much luggage to the rental car pick-up, cute Hybrid car with too few instructions including how to turn it off. Ok, of course GPs on ipad didn't work, no wiFi-never mind, I have a map. Missed turn and drove an hour out of my way. Pulled o...