Monday, March 23, 2009

A Special Request

I was asked by Lyn, one of my readers, to share the name of where Brit Boy and I went last Friday. She grew up in Oxfordshire, which isn’t far from where we live, and she was interested in finding out where the garden centre was located. I think it's cool that she grew up not far from where I live now and she lives in Florida which is right next to Georgia where I come from. It's a small world. (smile) Well, this one’s for you Lyn, in the spirit of full disclosure (smile). The garden centre is a place called Dobbies and it is located on the outer edges of Cirencester…in the Cotswolds. I really love going there. They have a little bit of everything. The building where they are located was repurposed from a former factory and given its current barn ambiance. I love that.

It’s a nice place to visit on a spring or summer day :-)

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love the Cotswolds. It has been a number of years since I have been there, but I remember it being beautiful.

Anonymous said...

I so long to go to all these amazing places!

LYN said...

I KNOW CIRENCESTER WELL!
I MISS THE COUTRYSIDE SO MUCH..
YES IT FUNNY HOW OUR LIVES ARE KIND OF REVERVED EH?
ME A BRIT IN FLORIDA AND YOU A YANK IN UK...LOL
GLAD TO HAVE FOUND YOU!

Ivanhoe said...

I just noticed you have a new meezer in your side bar. Look at you painting in your crocks! How cute :o)

Anonymous said...

Just saying the names of all those places can twist your mouth around a bit! lol
All sounds very English! :)

Unknown said...

You have such nice adventures I love reading about them. And yes, I consider walking in a garden an adventure.

Unknown said...

I so want to visit England and the rest of Europe...soon, very soon.

peace,
mike
livelife365

Anne in Oxfordshire said...

Hi I will have to check it out...I live in Oxfordshire and my son lives near Swindon...Looks a good place to go!

Jewelry Rockstar said...

Love gardens, especially English gardens.

Dori said...

Anne,
Yes, the Cotswolds are so beautiful. I love the stone that the houses are built from...it's so golden :)

Heidi,
I hope you get a chance to visit really soon. I think you'd really love it :)

Lyn,
It is cool that we are living reversed lives. LOL. I'm glad that I found you too :)

Ivanhoe,
LOL. Yeah, I figured that my little meez needed to get up and get some exercise and break out the crocs. LOL. Ah spring! :)

Fitness Diva,
You're so right! They have particular ways of saying the names of the towns and I'm finally becoming kinda native in my pronunciation. Of course I have a slight Southern twang, so it gets interesting. LOL.

Renee,
I'm glad you like my little adventure log here :) I feel the same way about your blog. I can't wait to see what you're up to next. And see Renee, I knew we were kindred spirits, I love the garden thing big time :)

Mike,
I hope you get over here soon. It's an interesting place :) I'll keep you posted until you can get over here.

Anne in Oxfordshire,
Oh yeah, it's a cool place. Very relaxed and just chocked full of wonderful gardeny stuff. I hope you like it :)

Jewelry Rockstar,
I'm looking forward to summer and having the chance to go visit some of the gardens at some more of the stately homes. It's a real thrill :)