Saturday's all right for fighting - get a little action in

As a Scot, the history we learned in School covered the Jacobites, the Russian revolution, East Africa, and more Jacobites.

It didn't cover the Wars of the Roses.   But I am educated, and know that this was fought between the Houses of Lancaster and York.  And I know where these places are.

But wait - the Battle of Tewkesbury (4 May 1471) was part of this war, and was fought in Tewkesbury.

Scroll forward 548 years, and Mrs C and I are enjoying a free day out, watching the re-enactment. (Check out the Archers in the background. 200 of them were shooting at each other all afternoon.)  

So we sat on the ground for a very long time.   And watched as the battle unfolded in front of us, with the action described by some highly respected professionals.

And the ambulance man was not here for long - the fighting can be a bit too real - and there are many collapses from the heat.

All good fun!

We forgot to take water with us. (again!)

Summer holidays i

This year, we had an interrupted summer what with having to attend the graduation of the first-born. We ended up with only a week away from the offspring and headed off to Cheltenham for a week.

Plans were made to visit Gloucester, Oxford, Bath and Bristol.  The caravan was prepared, and food left for the children.  So where did we end up?

We went to Gloucester on Sunday.

Monday was a wee tour around and about:

 

 Out for a walk on Tuesday - we saw this bug: 

and had a couple of pints.

Wednesday was Oxford.

Famous for punting and Morse. 

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We skipped the Uni tours but did enjoy the Ashmoleum.