After a walk back from Upper Slaughter, in temperatures approaching 30C (way too hot for this English rose!) I was glad to stop at The Old Mill, a former corn mill, in Lower Slaughter. It has an attractive tea garden at the back, overlooking the river and a shop selling gifts, crafts and ice cream. It was a working flour mill until 1958, and is really the only obvious tourist outlet in either of the Slaughters, apart from holiday lets and hotels.
Round the bend of the river, a wide, shallow area by the ford made a cool paddling pool for horses and children alike. I was tempted to join them!... but I was far too busy photographing the pretty cottage gardens with their traditional hollyhocks.
Again, one of my favorite places!
ReplyDeleteThey built that mill to last!
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, a very long time ago a delightful pensioner in Stow on the Wold cut my teenage hair for a silver sixpence. There were few sixpences about. Most had been put in Christmas puddings and swallowed whole.....
ReplyDeleteI love the pic with the horse in the water!
ReplyDeleteLovely photos. The one with the horse is special.
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