The Weekend Tourist is a blog written by Jess Friend Bartlett. Sometimes we only do touristy things on holiday - 25 days annual leave a year. That’s a shame, as we’ve 104 weekend days for exploring. This blog is all about discovering your local neighbourhood, attractions, historic places, local eateries and independents, which for me is in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the wider Cotswolds, UK. And when annual leave adds up, you'll find the occasional far flung adventure.
This has been a weekend of two carrot cakes. Bitter & Twisted vs. Tilly’s Tea House Friday night arrived and we kicked off with an after work aperitif at Bitter & Twisted, the camp cocktail…
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Unless you’re in gardening circles, you might not have heard about Ball Colegrave open day, whose show gardens in Adderbury were open to the public this week – for one night only! The Ball Horticultural…
View PostUnless you’re in gardening circles, you might not have heard about Ball Colegrave open day, whose show gardens in Adderbury were open to the public this week – for one night only! The Ball Horticultural…
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Did you know that the Cotswolds is the home to the UK’s only dedicated Crocodile Zoo? No? Well, Crocodiles of the World is based in Brize Norton and is the result of a life long reptilian passion…
View PostDid you know that the Cotswolds is the home to the UK’s only dedicated Crocodile Zoo? No? Well, Crocodiles of the World is based in Brize Norton and is the result of a life long reptilian passion…
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Driving on this trip has certainly had its pros and cons, but the worse place to drive was Miami. With the sheer amount of traffic funneling down the interstate 95 and slip roads appearing left,…
View PostDriving on this trip has certainly had its pros and cons, but the worse place to drive was Miami. With the sheer amount of traffic funneling down the interstate 95 and slip roads appearing left,…
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The Everglades spans from Orlando along the Kissimmee River discharging into the large and shallow Lake Okeechobee. During the wet season, water leaving the lake forms a slow moving river over 60 miles wide and…
View PostThe Everglades spans from Orlando along the Kissimmee River discharging into the large and shallow Lake Okeechobee. During the wet season, water leaving the lake forms a slow moving river over 60 miles wide and…
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House hunting opens up an entirely new world of Cotswold villages for us to explore. Just round the bed of a narrow country lane, between Chipping Norton and Shipston-on-Stour is the village of Tysoe. Branching…
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