Lacock in the Cotswalds

 

University education

Having visited Oxford, people were curious about the costs to go. The British cap the cost of tuition at 9500 pounds per year regardless of the school. Students typically take out loans for other costs. Payback of these loans is differed until your salary passes a threshold. Students fill out one application which they can send to six universities. They are accepted to schools based on their exams and an interview. Some private high schools have strong ties to particular universities, giving their students an advantage at that school.

Lacock in the Cotswald

Tourist descend upon Lacock

Cotswolds comes from “cots”, a sheep enclosure and “wolds”,rolling hills. This is an area of England 30 by 90 miles from Stratford on Avon to Bath. Lacock is one of the preserved villages of 1000 people held by the National Trust.

Gardens

The town of Lacock is in the Doomsday Book, the tax collectors book written in the time of William the Conqueror, described as a village of 160. An abbey was built here in 1232.We spent an hour and a half walking this picturesque village. The tithe barn was interesting. It held the corn or fleece given to the abbey as the village tithe rather than rent.

Tithe Barn

From there we drove to Bristol to catch our ship, the Corinthian which carries about 100 passengers. The cabins are larger than we expected and decorated in dark wood. Unfortunately, the winds were up all night and many folks struggled with sea sickness or insomnia during our trip to Wales.