Anothe r wet morning but sufficiently cleared this afternoon for a short drive to Bibury, a charming Cotswold village. Bibury has been described as one of the world’s most picturesque villages.

The River Coln flows through the village between the main village street and an expanse of boggy watermeadow known as Rack Isle.

You can walk right around Rack Isle and there are some very picturesque scenes. The cottages in Arlington Row are talked about as the most photographed and beautiful cottages in the country. The doorways are very low, barely above my head, and with their steep slate rooves, dormers and overall smallness, they are certainly very cute. The cottages were built in 1380 as a monastic wool store and then converted into a row of weavers’ cottages in the 17th century. The cloth produced was sent to Arlington Mill and after being degreased there, the cloth was hung on wooden timber frames on Rack Isle.

Bibury Trout Farm, in the middle of Bibury village, is one of the oldest in Britain, founded in 1902.  It is a working farm, breeding and rearing Rainbow and Brown Trout for restocking angling waters, and you can also go fishing!

Micah, Mark and Matt fished for awhile and caught 3 lovely rainbow trout which are destined for dinner after we watch the rugby tomorrow night. Reckon we will be having a little party.

We had  afternoon tea at The Swan Hotel – scones with jam and clotted cream. Cappuccinos instead of tea!

Bibury and Trout Fishing

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