Around Tewkesbury

Today we spent our time in Tewkesbury.  First a visit to the John Moore Countryside Museum housed in one of a row of Tudor houses.  We walked around and up two flights of very steep stairs and looked at the flora and fauna of the area and the life of John Moore, a naturalist and writer.   Then we were taken by the volunteer a few doors up to see a restored Tudor home which also doubled as a shop.

Tudor hallway

Smoke goes straight up!

Serious reader of information

Steep stairs! 

Then we explored a 'secret' garden nearby before going into the Abbey tea room for coffee before looking at the Abbey and its great Norman pillars.  There were only three of the misericords on view, and one of them was rather odd!  

Misericord, Tewkesbury Abbey

We had lunch back at the flat and then set off for the only other museum, just up the road in another fine building.  Again the museum was run by volunteers and rather quirky.  There was a great model of a fair ground with moving parts and upstairs several tableau depicting the last battle of the Wars of the Roses which took place in Tewkesbury.  I spotted a grammatical error/spelling mistake in one of the information panels and I'm ashamed to say I couldn't stop myself pointing it out.  They seemed grateful!! 

We ate at the Abbot's Table in the evening.  Peter's rib eye steak was good and my duck breast was passable!