Cotswolds Wednesday
Went for breakfast at the Hook Norton Brewery in Hook Norton, a village a few miles from Kingham.
The brewery is originally Victorian and still has shire horses.


The breakfast was delicious and afterwards we went down to the stables to see the horses.


On the way back from the brewery we stopped at an antiques centre. I didn't buy anything but Ella bought a necklace.
In the afternoon we walked to the village shop to buy some milk and then went for a drink at The Wild Rabbit.

For dinner we headed to the nearby village of Churchill to the Chequers pub. I had a pork chop with cannalini beans and chorzio stew.


There were thunderstorms while we were eating and quite a bit of rain, it had stopped by the time we went to head home though.
Last day today, heading home tomorrow.

Cotswolds Bourton on the Water
Bourton on the Water today. We took a walk from the car park along the water and its small bridges toward the centre of town.


There were lots of tourists (including us!) from all over the world.
We ate lunch at The Croft restaurant. Me, Ella, and Sarah had Poke …
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Cotswolds Wildlife Park
On monday we visited the Cotswolds Wildlife Park. We saw:
An Emu


Some Colobus monkeys


A Pallas's Cat

A Tarantula

A Tree Frog

A Binturong (Bearcat)


A Capybara

An Anteater




A Cassowry



Some Wolves


Rhinos


Giraffes


Lions



Camels

(Bactrian)

Penguins


An Insurance Salesman

And a Red Panda


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Cotswolds Sunday
A lazy Sunday, we visited Daylesford organic farm shop, which is down the road from Kingham. It was very expensive, they had a bottle of whisky for £900 and a jar of hazelnut chocolate spread for £35.
In the evening we went for a walk around the village and the …
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Cotswolds Friday
After a traffic filled journey from Poole we met with Ann and Chris at The Old Prison in Northleach and had a coffee in the cafe.

We continued to the village of Kingham where we eventually found the cottage we are staying in. The cottage is built of Cotswold stone …
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Cala D'or Friday
We started the day at the hotel pool again. In the afternoon we headed back to Cala Azul by Cala Esmerelda.

Cala Azul was very popular with lots of people enjoying the water so me and Ella joined them with our snorkles.

I got quite a shock when I first …
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Cala D'or Thursday
Today was a pool day. Sarah and Ella enjoyed strawberry daiquiris and pina coladas.
The pool was a welcome break from the heat of the sun.
In the evening we went into town to eat at restaurant Diferent before coming home and having a drink at the hotel bar.


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Cala D'or Wednesday
Wednesday is market day in Santanyi. We decided to take a taxi there as the busses can be very crowded.
The market was lots of stalls set out in the streets of the old town. There were stalls selling clothes, jewlery, crafts, and food.
Ella enjoyed shopping for clothes an …
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Cala D'or Tuesday
Sarah went early to Cala Gran beach to see if she could get a sunbed. You can rent sunbeds under a straw parasol.
Its a good job we got the parasol because it would have been unbearable in the sun.
In the afternoon we all went to for refreshments at …
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Cala D'or Monday
An early start from home to Bournemouth airport by Taxi. The flight from Bournemouth to Palma was very smooth. As soon as we landed the heat hit us.
We took a taxi from Palma to Cala D'or rather than wait for the transfer bus to take us to the hotel …
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