The B and B is called The Old Bungalow and is a lovely...bungalow! It has Roman ruins underneath the back section of the house, they have some Roman coins which are valuable but it seems a lot of the town is built on Roman ruins, so they said it isn't a big deal, which is really bizarre!
After dropping stuff off at the B and B I decided to track down a laundrette to do some washing. A lovely girl doing her washing gave me some powder, chatted to me about her niece winning an award at school and wanted to know why I was cycling around the country during a heatwave!
Then an older gent turned up, missing most of his teeth and in dire need of a bath, wanted to know all about kangaroos! Absolutely fanatic about them, it seemed. Anyway, he left and I was left to get my washing done in peace. I then went to a charity shop to buy a cheap jute bag to put my washing in in case the plastic bag broke, and decided to stop for lunch at Cafe Nero.
Gerry turned up at the same place so we compared our cycling - she is heading off to Kemble tomorrow to catch the train to Bath. I then went to the Parish Chur h of St John Baptistwhich was amazing - the history of all of these places just blows me away. My 'wow' moment was seeing Anne Boleyn's cup, stored carefully in the church. Just to think, her actual cup!
I visited the museum which had the Roman artifacts found in Cirencester and a history about the area. It was surpringly good and I happily spent an hour or two wandering around, meeting some more Aussies (they were making a lot of noise) and having my photo taken with them!
Decided to head back to the B and B to discovery that most of Cirencester was now without water due to a power failure. That caused most of the businesses, esp. the food stores and restuarants to shut. Interesting! A huge truck drove around handing out packs of bottled water.
The water is back on but very poor water pressure so a piddly shower. Am missing my own spacious shower now :)
Tomorrow it hasbeen forecast for thunderstorms so hoping it passes before Tuesday as I don't fancy cycling through a storm. Even a rain warning has been issued! What is that??
So, will do some sightseeing and plan my route back to Bath.
