West of the UK - July 2002

I decided to rent a car and go visiting the west of the United Kingdom with my parents who were visiting me. Below is a quick summary of this four-day trip...

1^st day: Oxford - The Cotswolds PHOTOS

Since I live in Cambridge, it was an obligation to see which city (Cambridge or Oxford) is the prettiest... The winner is... Cambridge (OK it may be biased!). [University of Oxford: Visitors ]
We then stopped in Broadway and Chipping Campden afterwards.
We stopped for the night in Eastcomb (near Stroud) in a very good B&B but lost in the middle of nowhere.

Distance: 183 miles (295 kms)

2^nd day: East of Wales PHOTOS

The first stop was "Cambridge" (no kidding!); there is a small village with this name in the Gloucestershire. Certainly not as famous as the one in Cambridgeshire...
We crossed the Severn using the old bridge (M48) to reach Wales and made our first stop to visit Tintern Abbey .
Then Caerleon where due to an event ("Roman Military Spectacular") we couldn't go into the amphitheatre but we did get a series of nice shots ;-).
Later in the day, we went south to Cardiff and visited the castle (actually the grounds and keep not the delirious modern castle).
We finished wandering in the city and on the bay where the temperature was very nice.

Distance: 104 miles (167 kms)

3^rd day: East of Wales - Bath - Salisbury PHOTOS

Due to the insistence of our landlord for the night, we made our first visit around the Caerphilly Castle with its broken towers.
After that, we crossed the Severn back to England via the new bridge (M4), to reach Bath.
There, we visited the roman baths and the city.
Finally, we stopped in Salisbury to walk in the city and visit the cathedral .

Distance: 126 miles (203 kms)

4^th and last day: Stonehenge - Uffington White Horse PHOTOS

When I booked the accomodation, I tried to find a B&B near Stonehenge to avoid the crowd. Actually if you are before 10am, that's fine... so we were to see the famous and mysterious Stonehenge .
And to finish the trip, on the way back home, we climbed the hills around the Uffington White Horse .

Distance: 176 miles (283 kms)

_{NB: The photos
presented here have been taken by my father and me.}