A day to move on, we left the hotel after breakfast and packing and were soon on the road. Our first destination was to meet my cousin Barbara and her husband John. They live in Marcham which is roughly on the way to Milton Keynes (our next destination). It was too good an opportunity to miss as we hadn't met for some time. The traffic was quite light and we arrived within about 50 minutes. We were so pleased to meet each other, they were both quite well and there was a lot of catching up and reminiscing. We talked about our families and the times they had spent on St Martin's. We stayed about 90 minutes and then had to carry on.
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| Premier Inn and pub |
This was fresh territory for us and we just
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| windmill tower |
followed the satnav. We went round Oxford which was very busy and travelled a short distance on the M40. It took 70 minutes and we rolled up at the Premier Inn we had booked. We settled into our room and as it was still warm and daylight we decided to go for a walk as the hotel was on the shores of a lake. We were pleasantly surprised at the setting as the lake included Canada geese, swans, coots, seagulls and some shags. The hotel and the adjacent pub/restaurant also included
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| Canada geese |
an old windmill in the fabric. Certainly it was the most impressive looking Premier Inn we have stayed in. Having walked a good part of the lake shore we decided to return to the room to unpack etc.
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| shags on an island |
We did this and then went for a meal at the next door pub. It was the first time either of had dined in the tower of a windmill and a very pleasant experience it was. After this it was time to relax, watch some tv and go to bed.
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| swans and other birds |
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