Bourton-on-the-Water

Had a reasonably nice meal at a Chinese restaurant last night then had a walk afterwards. The swarms of tourists had packed up their picnics and disappeared to wherever they came from, and the locals then came out to enjoy their village again. Webby's wife said the locals usually stay in during the day in summer as the village is transformed into a tourist mecca. In winter, it is very quiet. I think that would be awful...hundreds of tourists traipsing through your town. I also traipsed today, joining the other tourists! Lucky enough to see the village minus hundreds of bodies before I went walking around the village and surrounding areas.
I visitec Birdland which is a huge, shady parkland, with various types ofbirds on display, including penguins, who must hate the warm weather. Some of the walking trails were very shady, like walking through an overgrown forest.
Next stop was the Maze which is...a maze! The record time to successfully navigate the maze is 20 minutes. My navigation skills are dodgy at the best of times but the trick with mazes is to keep to the left. It worked and I was out in less than 20 minutes. The prize - a stamp on myhand. woot....
Ok, off to the Model Village which is...a miniature model of Bourton. If you have been to Cockington Green in Canberra, then this is similar. Fun to look around and it was quiet until a busload of Chinese tourists arrived, so that was my queue to leave. I wrote some postcards. posted them and then had some icecream before wandering home.
Time for a power nap before heading out to see the start of a cycling race leave from the village.