UPPER SLAUGHTER & LOWER SLAUGHTER in England’s Cotswolds - Including Cream Tea at Lords of the Manor
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
- This video shares our July 2021 visit to Upper Slaughter and Lower Slaughter. Lower Slaughter has been called the Prettiest Village in the UK!
Join us as we visit both villages to see the River Eye, the churches, the manor houses, the beautiful flowers, the honey-coloured Cotswold stone buildings, and the CREAM TEA we enjoyed at Lords of the Manor Hotel in Upper Slaughter!
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:42 Lower Slaughter
4:48 Upper Slaughter
5:34 Glaswegian Couple
9:08 Cream Tea at Lords of the Manor
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I only need 25 more subscribers to get my Christmas wish of 3K subs! If you know anyone who should plan a visit to the Cotswolds, please share this video with them! Cheers XX and Merry Christmas! Dara
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas 🤞🥳
@@wencireone I just went out to lunch with a friend. I’m down to only needing 16 subscribers, and my waiter says he likes England and promised to subscribe, lol! #alwaysselling
@@MagentaOtterTravels Congratulations 👏 💖 🥳🏆🏅 you've made the big 3k, Merry Christmas
@@wencireone thanks so much! I was very excited last night to see the 3000 number! Of course, I woke up this morning and it was 2,999! 😂😂😂 Thanks so much to you for your support this year! I wish you and your family a very happy Christmas!
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I was very pleased to see this video. I am proud to say that I manage the gardens at the Lords of the Manor hotel. I am glad that you enjoyed the fruits of our labours. The owners and I have lots of plans for further improvements to the already beautiful gardens, including even more magenta flowers! Throughout Spring, Summer and Autumn I do monthly garden tours which includes a cream tea!
You should be VERY proud...The gardens were so lovely!! I was chuffed to bits to receive your comment! Very nice to hear that you do garden tours. I look forward to returning for another visit to see the new additions. Please email me at magentaotter@gmail.com and let me know a good time to visit next summer. We are back in Texas now, but live in Cheltenham from May through the end of August. Cheers, and Happy Holidays! XX Dara
What’s the best month to come to see the flowers bloom? We’re usually in the UK in July, but by that time most flowers are past it’s bloom.
Upper and Lower Slaughter are my favourite villages in the Cotswolds. A few years back I discovered them as we did a bike (as in bicycle, and not ebike!) ride around a small section of the Cotswolds. We stayed in Moreton-in-Marsh and rode back there late each afternoon. The biking company gave us maps (the paper ones with gradients so it gave you an idea if you wanted to ride up that hill!) Having bikes we were able to ride to some really small villages, so small they didn't even have pubs or cafes, so my plans for a midmorning tea break, lunch and midafternoon tea break didn't quite work out! At least Lower Slaughter was big enough to provide a lunch spot.
I love that you did that! My husband adores cycling, but I am not good enough to do that type of countryside cycling!😬😬😬 however, we absolutely love discovering tiny little villages and hamlets. I actually prefer it when they don’t have a lot of shops. They are just so quiet and beautiful! But yes, you do need to pack a picnic if you spend all day in those types of places😉
Once again, beauty overload. The whole of the Cotswolds just looks too good to be true :)
I agree. Now you know why it's my happy place... and I miss it when I'm back in Texas :-(
Of course, clotted cream first and then jam....Team Devon here 🙋♀️
I'm on your team, sister!!!
Butter, then jam, then clotted cream...... and then clotted arteries!
@@ians3586 STOP!!! haha
same here!
Stone Toadstools were made to place close together to form a base for a haystack. The reason was that RATS cannot run up the 'vertical pillar then do a 90degree turn to walk upside down along the base of the toadstool to access and EAT the hay. They were never made a garden ornaments.
Wow, that is a fascinating explanation... that now I'm not sure I'm happy to know, LOL! The toadstools don't sound so appealing anymore. I'll never see them in quite the same way. Kind of like when I toured Disneyland and someone told me about all the rats that live in the ivy groundcover... and come out after the guests leave to feast on all the dropped crumbs of pizza and chips! Yuck...
Magical opening, and thank you for reminding us of summer. 👍🙏
yes, that is the one upside for being SOOOOOO late in my posting. At least we get to re-live summer! haha
we’re with you on the budget-friendly ways to check out more expensive spots. anytime we can do a light lunch or apps/drinks, that’s the way we go. those gardens were incredible! I always loved lawns with the stripes mowed into them.
Yes, it's fun to live large on a small budget ;-) And the expansive garden to wander through was an added bonus!
Do you also like vacuum lines in the carpet? haha
@@MagentaOtterTravels lol! actually, I can’t stand those. but only because a childhood friend’s mom used to obsess over those, and she got mad if we walked in the family room and messed up her pattern. 😂
@@StephenandAndie yep! I couldn’t care less about vacuum lines. Since I never do any vacuuming, I have to just take what I can get 😉
Oh wow, am i happy i clicked this one. What an amazing place to visit and stay. Beautiful shots and tour. Indeed that ice cream place reminds like Harry Potter and quidditch. Nice and old school when you see a sign that says you can only enter the water on horseback. Great how every time you keep finding something magenta on your travels. If we ever return to the UK we will definitely add the Cotswolds to our itinerary. For now we just enjoy your trip and narrative on these amazing places you have visited. Congrats on your 3K subscribers! 🥂 Your Christmas wish came true. We wish you a wonderful years ending and all the best for 2022. may it be filled with many (save) and happy travels. Perhaps Costa Rica? 😉 Big hugs from us for the both of you! 🤗
We do want to visit CR! But I’m not sure that will happen while you are still there. We are currently planning a four month trip to the UK and a few countries on the continent for next year 😉.
Wishing you happy and safe travels in 2022! 💕
The flowers blooming everywhere look absolutely stunning...especially the magenta ones of course! I loved the wisteria and the climbing roses and the manicured lawns.
I do so admire beautiful gardens! As my dear husband will tell you, I do absolutely no gardening myself, but I appreciate the efforts of others!💕
The Herbs reminds me of an old children's TV show ( from the late 60s ) ( Search coming up 😉 )
Never herb of it.
@@MagentaOtterTravels well, you've herb of it now 😉
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It was a very nice post and I enjoyed watching it. Hope to see you in new videos, have a good day and goodbye. Greetings from Turkey 🙋♀️🇹🇷🌹🛎👉
Thank you very much!
I love the old water mill, it's so picturesque. The whole area is incredibly pretty and well-preserved. Your videos have encouraged me put The Cotswolds on my bucket list of places I MUST visit. Thank you, Dara!
Yes you MUST!
Gorgeous day and such beautiful footage! 😍 And the scones looked super scrumptious😋💖
Yes it was a fun and pretty and yummy day! Thanks for watching ❤️
I love that saying, guilding the lily,so good to hear it again.cheers you two.
Glad I could entertain you with my old-fashioned phraseology😂… seems like the perfect comment for butter on a scone that already has clotted cream and jam on it! Kids these days would call it “extra“ 😉
I vote that the Cotswolds tourist bureau sponsors your channel next summer! Another stunning video, loving this series! Nice drone shot Ian! Confession; I’ve never had a scone 😆, but they look delicious I think cream first too! ~Cara
We need to get you a scone, girlfriend!
We stay at the Slaughters Inn in Lower Slaughter. Glad you both enjoyed the location.
Oh yes, the Slaughters are amazing! Glad to hear they are a favourite of yours as well.
Cheers! Dara
All the things I love, thank you. I hope you get many, many more subscribers, your video's bring such warmth during winter.
Awwww, I SO appreciate you saying that! Thanks so much! I hope that when I share the things we love, that it will be things that our viewers will enjoy as well ❤. I'm glad we have some sunny Cotswolds vids to get us all through the cold winter ahead!
Cheers! XX Dara
Love seeing golden Cotswold stone glowing in the sunshine.
Which is why we are grateful to have loads of sunny Cotswolds footage to get us through the long grey winter! haha
Wow! What a great travel video. It has everything, great presentation, great scenery and great photography! Excellent!!😊👍
Why, thank you so much! We all have our favourite things about travel. Here in the Magenta Otter Tribe I focus on my fave things: beautiful scenery, lovely architecture, cute animals and yummy food! This video didn't have the cute critters, but we have plenty of those ahead in future Cotswolds videos! I see you live in Britain. We live in Cheltenham in the summers (which is when I gathered all this beautiful sunny video content!) but now we are back in Texas. Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels Thank you so much for your reply, I live in the Wye Valley when in England and Bangor in Maine when in the USA. It is always a pleasure to support those who support me. 😊👍 🙏🙏
Again, how quiet was it!! We loved the water mill at the beginning. Sitting by that ford looked so peaceful. Amazing herb garden. We grow herbs every year, but not on that scale!!! What a lovely trip you had. 🍻
It was a wonderful summer. Truly a dream come true! Where should we meet up next summer?
@@MagentaOtterTravels Oo I don’t know. We don’t know that area at all. Open to suggestions!
@@PostcardAndAPint Go to google maps and plot driving directions from where you are to Cheltenham. Then choose a place in between!
Great video, thanks for helping me prepare for an upcoming trip! BTW the ominous looking plant at 10:05 looks like an artichoke plant.:)
I'm excited for you that you are visiting the Cotswolds! I hope you have a wonderful time. Please let me know how it goes!
Funny you should mention the artichoke. I'm currently editing a video of a place we visited in West Sussex and they had some lovely artichoke plants that I filmed in that video 😉. Cheers! Dara
So, you've finally reached the Slaughters, and what a fabulous tour! Great photogrpahy and narrative. It reminded me of a cycle ride around these villages: precarious because there were so many visitors to avoid! You manage to avoid them all by turning up on a Wednesday when, apparently, the Cotswolds are still asleep! 😜 Lovely tour of the churches. I vote that we hear Ian narrating future visits to churches, as he appears so knowledgeable about the history.
Butter on scone...????? What a travesty! Clotted cream first, then jam (or raspberries and/or sliced strawberries). How can you put clotted cream on second if your scone is loaded with raspberries: they'd be wobbling around without cream on first.
A great vlog - thank you!
Thank you for agreeing with me! #CreamFirst!! I do rely on my trusty travel companion for all architectural analysis because I am pretty clueless when it comes to that stuff.😬
Ian has a cousin who lives in Somerset and is married to a man who is a religious scholar and expert on cathedrals! I’ve already made him promise to tour Wells Cathedral with me next summer and do a commentary for me. I can’t wait!🙌🙌🙌
@@MagentaOtterTravels Bring on the Wells Cathedral tour! Look forward to that one!
it’s never too early for ice cream! 😉
That seems to be the vote among my subscribers! haha
We love old mills. We don't think 10 am is too early for ice cream! Glaswegian is a fun word! More excellent reporting!
Thanks so much! We do enjoy interviewing the locals ;-) Even though the Glaswegians technically were also tourists! haha
I live about 200 miles and 2 million quid away from The Cotswolds.
Haha I understand! In the Painswick video I show the Old Vicarage in the TINY village of Sheepscombe. It’s valued at £3MM!😳
The problem you were having with putting jam first and then cream is resolved if you put enough clotted cream on top. You should have enough that you don't need to spread it. You just dollop it on top.
WAIT A MINUTE!!! You always put the cream on first. Don't go pretending like you are in the jam first camp!
Alleluia ! Ian's got it 🥳👏 ,never spread the cream, just spoon it on
Cotswold stone will look beautiful no matter where you put it.
It's a treasure, for sure!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Having lived in the Midlands for all my 71 years I appreciate how lucky I am to be so close to some fantastic sights, beautiful architecture, fabulous buildings and wonderful people .
You are correct. That's why when we visited the Syreford quarry the quarry foreman told us the stone they were cutting is being sent to Texas for a mansion being built in Dallas. The stone is in high demand worldwide (for those that can afford it).
@@chasfaulkner2548 yes yes yes! We love all those things! Along with cute animals and delicious food!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Ah, delicious food, you may well wish to try a Brummie Balti, everything you want from a curry, but freshly made. Invented in Birmingham in the 70's and now a nationwide favourite.
Beautiful, nice 👍
Well, thank you, Madame Minima, for asking the same question I had: Why was Ian not having ice cream, even if it was at 10 a.m.?? I mean, ANY time is a good time for ice cream, Dara!! ;-) But I guess flying the drone was indeed important, as he gets so many awesome shots for your MOT fans! Thank you for another lovely, serene visit to more of this gorgeous area!!
Thanks, Bobby! Ian has certainly developed a reputation for ice cream consumption!! I'm guessing he probably had some later that afternoon... haha
Even I have limits. I always eat a good breakfast so ice cream at 10 am is just a bit too early. If it had been an hour or two later my sweet tooth probably couldn't have resisted.
great sharing! wow 👏
Stunning !
Thanks so much! 😘
Basically, my dream place to live! That's the plan at least!! Fresh mint and chocolate chip ice cream, please!! Haha! Cute and colour coordinated! That is one delicious cream tea too! Clotted cream before jam, always! 😻😻
Now that I know you are in the camp of #CreamFirst… we can be friends 💕😂. JK!
Yes, the Slaughters are idyllic!
@@MagentaOtterTravels - Haha! It's the Devon way (and right way!) to eat scones! 😹😹
@@BlackCatKitchen yes, unfortunately it is not the way QE2 does it. Which is something subscribers throw in my face constantly! 😂
@@MagentaOtterTravels - 😹😹
This was a fun video.
That mill was featured on an episode of Rick Steves Europe.
Interesting! I'm not surprised, as that old mill is VERY often visited. A rather popular place, that ;-)
Thanks for watching, Christian! And Merry Christmas!
Those stone mushrooms at the beginning are actually called staddle stones (I think). They used to build grain storage barns on them so that rats couldn't get in and eat the grain.🐀
How fascinating! It all sounded really lovely until you said the word rat! Lol
But that is a reality of living in the country and farming and food production…. Pest management!
We were there and visited the craft shop! Another favorite place.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️. We walked about the garden at the Manor House Hotel and found it lovely. Our tour guide told us Slaughter means ‘boggy place where pigs wallow’. We got a laugh out of that.😂
That is very funny! I have to say I didn’t see any pigs there! 😂 🐷
@@MagentaOtterTravels I must say, after we left the Slaughters, we passed by a pig farm. It was out in the country, of course, but consisted of a large field dotted with little Quonset huts and troughs. Free range pigs! We got a chuckle out of seeing the pigs just after our Slaughter visit. ❤️
@@ruthgoebel723 I love that story!! 🐖 🐷
There is a huge, and growing, problem in the UK with tourists in the countryside. It's not just shops that served working communities are being bought up to be cafes and souvenir shops, the worst problem is the amount of houses that would have been lived in by locals are being bought up to be holiday lets or second homes. Some villages are empty in the winter because of the second home owners/holiday lets. The UK is a geographically small area, and cannot afford for a high percentage of properties to be holiday lets.
Thank you for your comment. I have visited the Cotswolds many times, but only this summer when I spent an extended period of time there or did I learn from the locals about issues like the one you are discussing. These historic towns and villages have dramatically changed because of the effects of over tourism and commercialisation.
@@MagentaOtterTravels Have you watched any Sinom Reeve programmes on The Lakes? He goes into this problem in huge depth, but not in an academic way, just as a local who is trying to 'live his life' in a pretty, but 'dead', village because of tourism. Cornwall county Council have put restrictive covenenants on new build homes to prevent anyone but owner occupiers who live and work in Cornwall from buying them - it is getting that bad.
I’ve just booked a few day stay in Upper Slaughter, right in front of the Ford, can’t wait 👍
Oh man, that is going to be wonderful! I hope you have perfect weather and get to enjoy an ice cream by the water ;-) XX
Cheers 😀👍
Those scones looked so delicious, whichever way you spread the jam and clotted cream. And yes, if butter is provided, definitely use that too!
Gotta love a cream tea 😋
Sadly to report but in 2023 the cafe and museum in Lower Slaughter stopped trading. Apparently the building is being converted into a residence. BTW The villages actually get their names from the Norman family name Slaughter. The land around the villages was given to a member of the family by William the Conquerer after the invasion of 1066 as a thank you for assisting him in the invasion. There are several memorial plaques to the Slaughter family in the chancel of Upper Slaughter church.
Thanks so much for setting me straight on the name origin... but I'm sorry to hear that the ice cream is gone! Last time we were there I saw that it was closed... but I didn't know it was permanent!!! That will be tricky, since so many people know that place as a shop... they will probably have people knocking on their door for ages!
I took Christine to the Cotswolds for relaxing Christmas many years ago 1987
The Hotel (Wyck Hill House ) we stayed in had a small library and she read a book by Rebecca Tope called Slaughter in the Cotswolds.
She loved it as it is obviously set in the Cotswolds.
She has since read all of Topes
books.
Ps it was a really super laid back Christmas the food and atmosphere was brilliant
I have begun working on getting Ian to agree to spend Christmas in England one year. It’s going to be a tough sell, but I am going to do my best! Would love to see Christmas in the Cotswolds. A friend just posted photos and video of their visit to see Sudeley castle with all of the Christmas decorations. It was amazing!
Not sure if you guys have done an upload of calne. But there are some lovely quaint properties there that would fit right in with this channel
Wow, I hadn't heard about that town before. It looks beautiful! Hopefully we can visit one day!
Lower Slaughter was my absolute favourite! Can’t wait to see Upper one day.
Not to make you feel bad... but I can't believe you went to one and not the other! They are both pretty great. Especially on a summer day when you can avoid the crowds ;-)
Haha, yeah, my sightseeing is pretty chaotic. And if I remember correctly, we were following a recommended walk and had no idea what we were doing 😆
The smell in this herb garden must have been amazing!!
I love herb gardens! Especially running my hand along a rosemary bush ;-)
The view outside the manor was really gorgeous! Jam first doesn't seem to work.
I agree!! On both counts ;-)
that plant was some type of clover
Happy Christmas Dara. Hope you have the most wonderful time
Thanks EKK! We are very excited to have both of our sons home with us for the first time in three years! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Hi dara lovely video ,once again .Bringing back memories of summer .Do you bring the good weather with you .Only last summer if i remember correctly was nothing to write home about?
I thought last summer was pretty good! I escaped the 40 C heat of Texas, and whilst there were some rainy days, we had lots of sunny days with blue skies. And when we did, we ran around and filmed and filmed and filmed!!! The same day we went to both of the Slaughters we also did Bourton (at 7am) and other places! We were TIRED at the end of those days when we got back home, LOL!
@Ian thanks for the beautiful drone footage!
I agree that it was gorgeous! I especially loved the circular shot about the manor house!!
Thank you!
Hmm...the scones and the clotted cream look soooo good...can't wait to try one day
I can’t wait for you to try it either! A cream tea is an essential part of a trip to England, in my humble opinion❤️
i'm happy you defined slaughter up front, i was like what am I in for...lol I bet the river eye is as clear as water gets, very amazing. Cam is asking for one of those scones.
Yes, the name is quite unfriendly sounding, isn’t it?!
The water in those rivers really is clear and beautiful! Adds to the serene quality of the villages. Especially when you are there without the crowds!
The scones were way better than I have made! 😉💕
You maybe frugal, but never cheap
We were going to move to Miser-den... but then we learnt it was pronounced like "misery" not like "miser" haha
team cream first! (no butter)
Definitely cream first! But, I really think you need to try the butter thing before you knock it…
@@MagentaOtterTravels that’s fair.
I have watched tons of Cotswolds vids as it’s my favourite place here too. I’d say your Cotswolds channel will blow up. I think the drone footage makes you guys more unique. I think Rick Steve’s done a good job. But didn’t get the drone footage you guys have. Nor did he go off track so to speak with less tourist Cotswolds locations like you guys have. Very much enjoying these clips and I’m in England
My goodness, your comment makes my day!! We work really hard on the videos, and it means a lot to hear that people appreciate them!! We have lots more Cotswolds videos coming... I haven't even planned out all the footage yet to know how many! LOL
Thanks again for your support! Cheers! XX Dara (& Ian)
Congratulations on your 3K subscribers. Merry Christmas to you and your family🎄🎅 .
Awwww, thanks so much, Jill! I was chuffed to receive that little Christmas present! Thanks very much for your support this year! I wish you and yours a very happy Christmas as well!💕🎄
Would you put cream in a dish then add jello/jelly, no because cream belongs on top, lots of lovely cream 😋, I rest my case
PS nice video 😁👍
I would put ice CREAM in a dish and than put STRAWBERRY sauce on top. Because the ice cream is dense and hard. Like that clotted cream! ..... the debate rages on...
@@MagentaOtterTravels as long as you enjoyed it, there's no debate 😋❤
Sadly, the cafe and museum in Lower Slaughter closed for business in early 2023.
Really? Even the ice cream shop? Last time I was there it didn't look open, but I didn't realise it had permanently closed! That is sad 😞
They ain't nothing like Slough in Berkshire
Is it boggy?
@@MagentaOtterTravels no, a concrete jungle
@@wencireone aaaahhhhh, yes. Very different then! 😉
You might not want an ice cream....but want about Ian??? 😬😂
He was off flying the drone :-)
Even for me and my sweet tooth, 10 am is a bit too early for ice cream.
Definitely no butter and has to be jam first 😊
Well I believe QE2 would agree with you, so you're in good company ;-)
Is the Eye always that low...or was it just because of the summer??
It is a low, boggy river. I'm sure in the rainy season it swells a bit, and there certainly have been floods! There was a water marker next to the low pedestrian bridge.
Your correct that Slaughter derives from the Old English slough meaning 'wetlands' or 'boggy place' but Slough in Berkshire doesn't. It's first recorded name was 'Slo' in the 12th century.
Thanks for sharing that. I had wondered whether Slough in Berkshire had the same derivative for it's name since it's along the Thames and surrounded by ponds.
and what did "Slo" mean? Everyone there moved about very slowly? "Slow Living in Slough" needs to be their new tourism tagline. Just like in Oklahoma (whose abbreviation is OK)... their tagline is "Oklahoma is OK". Lousy tagline, IMHO! hahaha
@@MagentaOtterTravels I think maybe it was Slow, but one of your ancestors painted over the sign like you or Ian did in that Cornish? town a few months ago when you painted over the SLOW sign on the road 🙂
This "weed" might either be a cotton thistle( Scotch or Scottish thistle) or a spear thistle (bull thistle, common thistle).
Yes, I think you are right about that. It will bloom, it was just perhaps a bit too early.
It did look very prickly! Maybe it was so tall because nobody wanted to spear themselves pruning it! haha
What a coincidence. I woke up thinking of the word Glaswegian today for some reason. Probably because I saw an old top gear, wait it might’ve been grand tour video clip this week where Jeremy Clarkson asked if there were any Glaswegians in the audience. Anyway that words been on my mind and here you go it popped up today.
Yesssss! It was your destiny to watch my Cotswold video today and meet some real live adorable Glaswegians! I learned today that they are called Wegies for short (pronounced wee heed, net wedgies 😉).
The arches in the church aren't Victorian restorations; they're original 12th century.
So good to hear from you JR! (I have to call you that since I live near Dallas right now) Thanks for the clarification on the arches. They are lovely, and it's nice to know they are also so historic! Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels
Most things are historic in the UK. 😉
@@jacketrussell haha indeed! That’s why we Anglophiles love it so!
Happy to have my cream in a blob on top. That said, I swear my weight goes up a couple of pounds every time you have a cream tea.
MINE TOO!!! Along with the STP! haha
Exactly what I was saying. She was being too mean with the cream. If you have a big enough dollop you don't have to worry about spreading it.
I think that big weed is a thistle.
I think you're right. Looks very unfriendly without a flower on it!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Beautiful plant with the blue foliage
@@jillhobson6128 Yes indeed 💙
@@MagentaOtterTravels Plant is called Eryngium, lots of varieties with beautiful blue flowers and blue leaves.
@@jillhobson6128 commonly known as sea holly, as i'm sure you already know.
Have you heard of the bog snorkelling competition in Llanwrtwd Wells? You should look it up but l don’t think you should have a go!
Talking of bell ringing, my sister and her husband tolled the bell in their local church 99 times when Prince Philip died, one for every year of his life.
I just realised that l spelled Llanwrtyd incorrectly
Bog snorkeling sounds very challenging. I think I'll stick to the kind of snorkeling you do in Hawaii.
Thanks for you comment Liz! Did you know you can click the dots and edit your comment if you make a spelling error? I use that feature on an almost daily basis because I am CONSTANTLY making mistakes, LOL!
I like snorkelling, but would prefer shallow clear blue warm water in Mexico full of sea turtles and coral. NOT a cold bog in Britain I'm afraid! haha
I love that your sister and her hubby know how to ring church bells and did it on that sombre occasion! I learnt how hard it is! Spoiler alert: I'm a rubbish church bell ringer. But I still enjoyed the opportunity immensely!!!
Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers XX Dara
@@lizbignell7813 for me, once you get past the Llan, the spelling of Welsh names is difficult and that's despite having spend a good chunk of my childhood there.
One of my very few claims to fame is that l can pronounce the longest Welsh place name.
Thanks Dara, l didn’t know about the little dots.
Scone sounds like 'gone' and not like 'cone' 🤔
I have done a few videos about afternoon tea. The first one on my channel, in my Britain love stories series, I did a poll and asked people to tell me which way they say it. Clearly Britons are divided on this subject 😉
Scone sounding like cone from this Sussex person. 😊
Don't try to spread the cream just dollop it on the jam.
I really want it spread out nicely! 🙃
£12.50 EACH? that's shocking.
Please remind me what the price is referring to... it's been a minute since I edited this video ;-)
@@MagentaOtterTravels scones.
@@zaftra oh, thanks! I think the 12.50 was for a cream tea. Probably a pot of tea with two scones and cream and jam. Definitely pricey, but I think you are paying for the stunning setting and the service.
Looking around the Manor, and exploring the gardens in the front and back of it kind of felt like visiting a national trust property. I figured it was worth the price of the cream tea 😉