Yesterday, for my ‘rents 30th wedding anniversary, we visited Priors Marston, the village where my Mum lived as a child. It’s a nice change to go to the countryside when you live in a city and everything is grey and concrete.
On the way we drove through Bascote so I could see where my Auntie Ethel used to live with Auntie Lizzie and Uncle Wal. It’s a really lovely cottage, it’s a shame she had to move.
Priors Marston was really pretty. We could see the windmill in Napton from the huge hill there which was wonderful because it’s not every day you get to see a windmill. The village was really pretty, especially the church, St Leonard’s and the graveyard. The church has some parts dating back to Norman times, it was really old and lovely. (see photos below)
From the huge hill in Priors Marston you can see on the horizon some of the taller buildings in Coventry. It was quite cloudy though so we couldn’t see them at all well. We did see some lovely horses. They were very pleasant.
We walked and we walked and we walked, taking in the lovely scenery. I love the countryside.
We were going to go to the only pub in Priors Marston – The Holly Bush, for lunch. However it wasn’t open. So we took a short drive to Priors Hardwick and went into the Butchers Arms pub. We looked at the menu, nearly dying at the prices. For a main course the prices ranged from £20 as the cheapest to everything above. All I wanted was a cheese sandwich. We all had a soft drink each (my dad had a shandy), there were 4 of us there. The drinks came to £9.40. We left pretty quickly and went to Southam and got some chips.
They had a good anniversary. I enjoyed the countryside and the walking and the pretty places. My brother did too. It unnerved me a little at how empty the village was. There are no shops. The houses are very well spaced and all of them are huge. I’m used to a packed together, concrete jungle with lots of discount and bargain shops and hundreds of people around. And lots of noise. The only noise there was birds singing and the distant neighing of horses.I think I do want to live in the countryside when I’m a bit older (not that I’ll ever be able to afford to) but in a place that is a little bigger than Priors Marston and a little bit busier. A nice little town I think.
Your day trips sound really nice.