Bike Route: Todenham to Batsford Village to Moreton-in-Marsh and back 10mi
Accommodation: Wheelwright's Mews
Lunch: Tea, scones, clotted cream, and jam at a tea shop
Dinner: in our apartment
Todenham is such a quiet, pretty village. We set out late in the morning to visit the Batsford Arboretum on the southern edge of Moreton. Google took us to Batsford Village instead--a private estate north of Moreton. The little country lanes leading to the village were beautiful, though, and we able to ride through the estate when we reached the village. At the entrance to the estate were several paddocks with mares and young horses, and a group of walkers passed us leading two mares and their four-month-old offspring.
We went on to Moreton, thinking we would still visit the arboretum, but the entrance to the gardens is on an A road and traffic was crazy, so we bailed on that idea and just stopped in town for a quiet lunch.
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| The manor house, now a stud farm, in Batsford Village. The road past the farm and through the village was marked Private, but it was not gated so we rode on through it--quietly. |
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It was difficult to find information about Batsford Village, but the church dates back to the 12th century and appeared to have been built around the same time as the cottages. |
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| Our lunch consisted of tea and scones at Martha's. A little reminder of a favorite pastry shop at home--Martha's Eats and Treats in Dundas. |
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| Moreton-in-Marsh is on the northeastern edge of the Cotswold Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with buildings made of that warm Cotswold limestone. |
