Bucolic Afternoon

I think we're a good couple because when we put our heads together, we can come up with some good ideas... Dave was trying to persuade me to go for a walk today and being reluctant I tried to think of a nice location to sweeten the deal. The tiny village of Turville is only 5 miles away from us and is famous for being filmed. It's the village of 'the Vicar of Dibley' as well as being a film location for 'An Education' and 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'. Getting out of the car, I was glad that I'd been persuaded out of the house.



The English wildflowers and weeds are going through an enormous but pretty growth spurt.



While the village impressed me with its chocolate-box cottages.





Here is 'St Barnabas', the church from the Vicar of Dibley. Its real name is St Mary the Virgin.





We walked part of the Chiltern Way, over a hill and through the woods to nearby Fingist. This village had a lovely and church that we thought wouldn't have looked out of place in Tuscany.



We spied two horses having a conversation.



Another pair enjoying the buttercup field.



And Dave was my hero and rescued a lamb that found itself stuck in the fence!



A sunny afternoon with a happy ending.