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Above: Villages in The Cotswalds look as if they came from fairy stories.  image by iStock Stu99
        Sunday  we  packed  our  things  and  moved  to  the     Tuesday  we  headed  to  Moreton-in-Marsh  for  a
        Cotswolds.  Loaded  with  charming  and  picturesque     typical  British  Market  (lots  of  tents  and  vendors
        villages  and  lovely  rolling  countryside,   the  whole   selling  food  and  wares).  After  lunch  we  did  a
        area  was  straight  from  a  fairy  tale.  We  visited  the   lengthy tour of the Morgan car factory in Malvern
        Cotswolds Motoring and Toy Museumin Bourton on           Hills  where  it  has  been  located  since  the
        the  Water,   a  rather  small  space  but  absolutely   company's  beginnings  in  1909.  While  they  still
        jammed  with  cars  and  memorabilia.  As  we  were      build the bodies and assemble the cars there the
        walking  up  to  the  door  three  very  nicely  restored   chassis come already assembled.
        Triumph Stags pulled in to the parking lot having just
        driven up from East London (about 100 miles).

        From  there  we  had  a  narrated  coach  tour  through
        the  countryside  eventually  arriving  at  Stratford-  on
        -Avon, home of Shakespeare , where we stayed for
        three nights.

        We  had  scheduled  another  boat  tour  for  Monday
        but that was overcome by events   as it was the day
        of the Queen's funeral so we gathered at a local pub
        and watched the funeral on the telly.
                                                                 Above:  The  Morgan  Experience  Centre  at  the
        Later  in  the  afternoon  we  had  a  two  hour  guided
                                                                 factory  opened  in  September  2020.  image  from
        walking  tour of Stratford.
                                                                 Morgan-motor.com
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