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  Monday – Cotswold Tour with my delightful Customers from The Philippines !
  October 31, 2011 at 8:07 pm · Filed under Rob's Blog !	A day out with my friends from The Philippines – our season of Fall Color (Autumn Colour in English!!) Is going to be a short one I think and the days are getting shorter but the colours today were spectacular !
  Malmesbury Abbey 31-10-11
  This little tribe of kids amused me at Malmesbury Abbey
  Fall colors between Bibury and Aldsworth
  Sloes near Northleach – used in making Sloe Gin !
  Lower Slaughter in the Fall
  Lower Slaughter in the Autumn
  Comments	We live in hope…..
  October 27, 2011 at 5:46 pm · Filed under Rob's Blog !	COTSWOLD WEATHER !
  If you'd like a real three minute treat click here to see a short 3 minute BBC video of the "Autumn glory at Stourhead Gardens" – narrated by the Chief Gardener, Alan Power. The unexpected Indian summer might have delayed the start of the new Autumn season across much of the UK, but the colours are now changing in earnest from greens to golds.
  (Sorry but the BBC site won't allow me to embed the video onto my site so you have to click !!)
  Comments	A simple trip to Heathrow Airport……?
  October 27, 2011 at 4:30 pm · Filed under Rob's Blog !	Oh Dear !
  …….a 4:30am start to pick up six people who had been flying all night from Hong Kong – arrived 5:30am…..picked them up at 7am! Dropped them off at McDonalds while I go to another terminal to pick up the Mom flying in from Chicago…..landed 7.29am eventually appeared in the Arrivals Hall at 9:00am….nearly 90 mins after landing accompanied by a BA representative. Her luggage was not on the plane with her. She is going to a wedding !!! They are pretty sure the luggage is on the next plane arriving in at 9:30am. Return to McD….reunite Mom with kids from Philippines, enjoy a egg and bacon McMuffin meal with hash brown and coffee…..drop Mom back at terminal to try to recover baggage, take rest of the party to Sofitel for coffee and comfort while I park furtively hiding from the parking attendants while waiting to hear from the Mom. Mom contacts me to say she is in possession of baggage. Go back to terminal to pick her up. Return to hotel to find the rest of the party to take to the Cotswolds…..they disappeared so send out search party to find them. Load them into the van and deliver safely to Tetbury. All in a days work…..I've got another one like that tomorrow….Friday !
  Comments	At Last ! The Premiere of the "Travels with Lets Tour England – 2011″ video – tours including England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, the Cotswolds, Normandy and Paris France, Ypres & Bruges Belgium – (15 mins)
  October 26, 2011 at 9:44 am · Filed under Rob's Blog !	Ok so make a coffee and watch this 15 minute video � Travels with �Lets Tour England� � 2011!
  This summer I took customers on tours throughout England � countryside including the Cotswolds, the �unexplored� south-west including Dartmouth, Plymouth and Cornwall, English Lake District, Yorkshire�..and to Scotland, Wales, the west coast of Ireland, the Normandy D-Day beaches, Paris and the Champagne district of France, Ypres (Leper) and the gorgeous town of Bruges (Brugge) in Belgium!
  If you�re thinking of coming to over to the UK or Europe for your vacation next year and would like to talk over your options, I�d be happy to help!
  British Driver and Tour Guide
  Comments off	Tetbury Church steeple
  October 25, 2011 at 6:35 pm · Filed under Rob's Blog !	I took this from my house at about 5.30pm today just before we got hit with major thunder and lightning !
  Tetbury Church Steeple
  Comments	Todays its Autumn…..or just a hint of it before the rain and wind blow the leaves away! Just a few photos I took today within 4 miles of my home…..here in the beautiful Cotswolds !
  October 24, 2011 at 4:52 pm · Filed under Rob's Blog !	All has remained green up until now….there is terrential wind and rain in SOuth Wales – only 40 mins drive away, so I thought I'd pop out and take a few photos before the Autumn colours are gone within just one day !
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  Near Avening, Gloucestershire
  Near Nags Head, Gloucestershire
  Always return to the scene of the crime with a better camera! Apples, near Cherrington
  Apples over a Cotswold Wall, Near Cherrington
  Comments	For those of you who know nothing of the game of Rugby….
  October 23, 2011 at 10:03 pm · Filed under Rob's Blog !	…..it is a direct copy of the American "Football" game ! Actually…..the opposite is true ! American football though, is a game for girls while rugby is a game for men…..equally hard contact but with none of the padding and protection that participants of the American game "enjoy" ! Rugby Referees often turn a blind eye to the necessary "fisticuffs" that take place on the field of play!
  Its interesting that while the isolation of Australia caused many unique and interesting species to develop, America has for some reason developed games that most of the rest of the world don't understand although Americans think it is "we"….the rest of the world….that are different !!
  Rugby is a game started in England and played across the world but not so prolific as real football – ie a game played with feet! In the Americas, Argentina is pre-eminent although Canada has a respectable team and the US were represented at the recent World Cup competition which ended in a final today, Sunday, when the hosts, New Zealand, narrowly beat France 8-7 in a tough game.
  One of the more colourful traditions prior to the game for the South Pacific nations, New Zealand included, is a traditional Maori "haka" – essentially a "war dance" designed to intimidate their opponents. Usually the opposing team just hang around looking bored but this morning the French formed themselves into an arrow as a mark of defiance !
  Watch this video….it only takes 2 minutes !
  Comments (1)	"Old Friends…..Sat on a Park Bench like Bookends"…..Tesco the Cat and his little friend Gladys the Dog !
  October 23, 2011 at 10:17 am · Filed under Rob's Blog !	Tesco the Cat and his little friend Gladys the Dog are not at all interested in the Rugby world cup final so are having a little snooze!
  Tesco the Cat and Gladys the Dog
  Comments	Need to queue up to get on line here…..
  October 22, 2011 at 9:11 pm · Filed under Rob's Blog !	…..why is it someone else is always on the computer when I want to go on line? This time its Phoebe the cat !