For our last breakfast, I opted for the Danish Pastry selection, naughty but nice. We cleared the room and checked out then Mr C retrieved the car and loaded it with our bags before we set off to the nearby Chedworth Roman Villa. I have a childhood memory of visiting the villa on a school trip. I loved seeing the mosaics which are covered by buildings to protect them. There is a little museum that contains some interesting artefacts including a rare fragment of fish-shaped glass originating from what is now the Ukraine and estimated to be around 1800 years old.

Next we visited Upper and Lower Slaughter where we enjoyed a lovely walk. Sadly all the eating places were fully booked so we set off in the direction of Broadway. On the way we stopped off at The Cotswold Food Store and Café which is in the middle of nowhere with fine views over Gloucestershire. The weather was glorious so we opted to sit outside. This turned out to be a bit of a mistake as it was extremely windy and blowing things around the table. Instead of stopping off at Broadway, we elected to go straight home. We picked up food for an evening meal and a box of Godiva chocolates which we later enjoyed on the patio with a bottle of my birthday bubbly.

On bank holiday Sunday I attended attended a family wedding, this led to us staying in Cheltenham for a couple of nights due to this being the area where the wedding took place.

During my stay I was able to do some urban walking around Cheltenham.

In addition to the urban walking the hotel corridors from the bedroom to the hotel reception and breakfast room (and back) also racked up some miles.

On our journey home we stopped off at Westonbury Mill Water Gardens where we enjoyed a pleasant lunch followed by a walk around the gardens.