Not what you might expect

We wanted to break the journey down to Dorset and have a leisurely drive to our house on Saturday, so Gordon set to work to find a bargain Premier Inn – somewhere!

Where we have ended up I’m not absolutely sure (is anyone when they find themselves in a Premier Inn on an industrial estate, especially when it is a bargain – as you look out of the window, you could be anywhere!) We seem to be somewhere between Gloucester and Cheltenham, not an area we know at all well – actually we don’t know it at all!
 
So, after driving for most of the day, we were a bit reluctant to set off in the car again and went for a walk locally. We crossed over a bridge, over a road full of rush hour traffic, and found to our surprise a stretch of water, with paths around it and a fair amount of bird life. Not what you might expect . . . but just right for a sunny evening.
  
We are always surprised, when travelling south at this time of year, just how much further on growth is. We left hedgerows blossoming, but leafless, here the hedgerows are green.