Dyrham

Sunday afternoon we drove to Dyrham, a small village located in between Bath and Bristol in the southwest of England. Driving on the left side of the road took some adjustment by both of us. The highway was quite comfortable, but once we turned off onto the smaller roads, it was an exciting adventure. Between paying attention to oncoming cars and shifting, it took all our concentration to drive, while the other person navigated. We got lost several times and Leif mentioned that maybe it would have been a good trip to rent a GPS- something we regretted multiple times over the 5 days we were out in the country. The road into Dyrham was just a single lane, hemmed in on both sides by hedgerows and walls and we just hoped no one was coming from the opposite direction. If we did happen to meet another car, both drivers would dive over to the left to make enough passing space. In certain instances someone would have to back up to a wider section in order to have enough room (this is something that happened alot in Norway as well on the fjord roads). The cottage owned by Travis's friend Nic was a perfect example of English country living. It had gorgeous gardens surrounding it and the original part of the house was from the 1700s. The addresses of these country houses do not include numbers or street names, just something like " Baytree Cottage" or "Old Barn Cottage". Must be interesting to be the UPS driver.