We arrived at Chipping Campden. The travel guidebook said that there were several spots for visitors, but I just drove in the town to save time. Lots of elegant buildings which had been built from 14th to 17th century were still alive in a district called High Street and I really wanted to enter one of them, but we thought that it would take time to find a parking space and gave up seeing inside of the buildings. I didn't even take pictures, but we were lucky to see those honey-colored traditional buildings. The color would be due to the locally produced limestone.
I found very unique appearances of the houses on the outskirts. I pulled over to take a short walk. The Audi in the first picture is our car. I wondered how much labor would be required to keep those gardens and roofs in that way. I understand that the British are fond of gardening, but these gardens were great!
チッピング・カムデンにて
チッピング・カムデンに到着。ガイドブックにはいろいろと書いてあるが、ストラットフォードアポンエイボンへ急ぎたいので、車で町を散策。ハイストリートと呼ばれる地区には１４～１７世紀のエレガントな建物がまだ保存されていて、建物の中へ立ち入ってもみたかったのだが、駐車場探しに時間が掛かりそうで駐車はは諦めた。写真も撮れず。観光客が多かった。でも美しい街並みを見ることができただけでも幸運。特筆すべきは、建物の色がこれまで見てきた町とは異なり、蜂蜜色。この近くでとれる石灰岩なのだろう。
中心街から少し離れたところを走るとこれまた屋根に特徴のある家々が並んでいた。ここでは他の車に倣い、路上に停めてしばし散策。1枚目に写っているアウディＡ１が今回借りている車。ここにある家や、庭の管理にはいったいどれだけの労力が必要なのだろう？イギリス人はガーデニングの好きな人たちだと聞いてはいるが、それにしても立派な庭に、屋根。
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