July 11 - Driving on the UK Side

(Gene) We turned in our last rental car for the trip. John drove and I was in charge of maps and directions. I found navigating to be frustrating. I had to juggle papers, reading glasses, and looking at the scenery. In the Cotswolds while on the was to Snowshill, we was surprised to come upon a lavender farm. It was beautiful! Some of the lavender was very dark, which surprised me. Stumbling upon that was wonderful because it was down such a narrow road, there were very few tourists there, certainly no bus tours - they weren't allowed down those narrow roads.

John was more frustrated with the Renault rental we had this time. He didn't like the way the seat was positioned and the manual transmission didn't seem easy for him to operate. I liked it though because it had air conditioning. It was a different kind of car because the key was a plastic card and it started with a button. I also like the classical music station we were able to listen to from Wales through Bath, the Costwolds, Oxford and all the way to London.