Rob Little's Blog – the musings of an English / British Tour Guide !

Gladys the Dog and Tesco the Cat – best of “mates” !!

Rob Little
Let’s Tour England!

Gladys the Dog and Tesco the Cat – best of “mates” !!

I have pleasure in recommending to Customers, The Close Hotel in Tetbury – a delightful family run hotel with beautiful rooms – some with four poster beds – and an excellent kitchen !

Customers visiting the Cotswolds and booking through me will be surprised how the Close Hotel – in my view Tetbury’s finest – represents fantastic value for money.

Tetbury has 60+ antiques stores in the main street and The Close Hotel is right next door to The Highgrove Store – sponsored and owned by Prince Charles who lives just a mile away at Highgrove House. Tetbury is also handy for the exquisite Westonbirt Arboretum, Chavenage House (used in the movie set of Lark Rise to Candleford) and Castle Combe (Movie Set of War Horse) to name but a few local attractions!

Rob Little
British Tour Guide
Lets Tour England !

The Close Hotel, Tetbury

The Close Hotel, Tetbury

The Close Hotel, Tetbury

I can only find one photo of VICTORIA ROAD SCHOOL (Dartmouth Secondary Modern Main School), and FORD BANK SCHOOL which was Dartmouth Grammar School before coming the part of Dartmouth Secondary Modern School that the older kids used to use?

If anyone out there has any photos of Victoria Road & Ford Bank schools, would you share them with me – I will put them on my web site and credit them to the owner !

Thanks !

Rob Little
http://www.roblittlephotography.com/gallery2/main.php?g2_itemId=429
You can see much larger versions of these photos, below, on my web site – click the link above !
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Dartmouth Grammar School, Hardness House, c1932

Dartmouth Grammar School football team 1952

Dartmouth Main School, Victoria Road Boys School c1930s

No Sunday ride-out for the Cotswold Bikers today…..!!

Rob Little
Cotswold Biker
Let’s Tour England !

JustAbit icy underfoot for the Cotswold Bikers !

COTSWOLDS WEATHER

14F / -10C in the back garden this morning – that will kill the early Spring…..not to mention the snow drops and daffodils…..

Then we have snow tonight…..

Rob Little
Cotswold Tour Guide
www.cotswoldtourguide.com
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Minchinhampton Church Closk striking one ‘o clock !

Hmmmmmm !

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A nine minute video about the delights of visiting South Devonshire and, in particular, the South Hams !

It may not be on the “bucket list” of many visitors from North America but there is simply masses of history associating this gorgeous area of south west England with the New World !

Quite simply…..why would you NOT want to visit South Devon and the South Hams ? With familiar place names like Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Plymouth, Dartmoor (with its infamous prison) and Exeter etc….. Combine it with an extended tour of Cornwall, Exmoor (the land of Lorna Doone) and Glastonbury (King Arthur’s “Camalot”)

Select 720 HD quality, watch full screen, click off the ads, have a coffee, email your booking !! Ha ! I love the place !

Rob Little
Tour Guide / Driver
“Lets Your England”

I messed with these photos a little – I like to play !

Rob Little
www.roblittlephotography.com

The Clock and Bell Tower at Malmesbury Abbey

The Great Arch at Malmesbury Abbey

The Great Arch at Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury Abbey

Malmesbury Abbey and The Old Bell Hotel

The upper reaches of the River Avon taken from outside Stretchline in Sherston, near Malmesbury – the largest “knicker” elastic manufacturer in the UK!

Even our road signs represent the dry, dead pan British sense of humour !

Rob Little
Humourous Fellow
Let’s Tour England !

Cats Eyes Removed !

Today – Swansea, Mumbles and The Gower Peninsula in South Wales….!

Swansea was once the larger copper handling port in the world but is now better known as the home of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Sir Harry Secombe (comedian and opera singer!) and the Welsh cultural author – Dylan Thomas!
Also “Doris” (played by Margaret John) – the hilarious swearing and badly behaved old lady in the Welsh cult comedy “Gavin and Stacey” could be seen out grocery shopping in the supermarkets of Swansea before her untimely death age 84, a year ago !!

The Gower Peninsula has incredible cliff walks and wonderful beaches – but no swimming today for me but my cousin, Artist George Little, goes into the sea every day on the beautiful Caswell beach – even though he is in his 80s!

Enjoy the photos…..by the way the temperature was 30F!

Rob Little
Wales Driver / Guide
Let’s Tour England

The “fairytale” Castel Coch on route to Swansea

Dog Walking on the beach at Swansea

Swansea Marina

Lightship on Swansea Marina

Lightship on Swansea Marina

Caswell Beach on the Gower

The Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula

The Gower Peninsula

I just watched “Terror At Sea The Sinking Of The Concordia …” on TV

Its just as well these ships don’t hit the rocks too often…..because there is total chaos on board. Minimal safety training, the crew lying…..its beyond belief. I wonder, are the other ships just “lucky”?

Rob Little
Cotswold Tour Guide
Lets Tour England