| Myself and my partner visited Stratford-Upon-Avon in | | | | that caught my eye was the craft stall which sold |
| the summer months, the home of one William | | | | lots of natural wooden toys and gifts. What we |
| Shakespeare. We had gone to celebrate our fifth | | | | ended up buying in the end though was a little |
| anniversary of sharing our lives together and thought | | | | incense stick holder, which we use even now many |
| it would be a romantic place to spend time together | | | | months on frequently at home. |
| whilst our parents looked after of our children. | | | | We left the market mid morning and headed through |
| Stratford most certainly is a romantic destination with | | | | the town to Shakespeares Birthplace. On entering we |
| the river Avon and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre | | | | could see how the house was built with wood, wattle |
| set next to the river. Unfortunately though the latter | | | | and daub. Inside most nearly all furniture and |
| was closed for refurbishment. This didn't put off the | | | | accessories were made of wood. This period of |
| actors from using the grounds of the park to enact | | | | English architecture certainly used wood for the main |
| plays of Shakespeare and it was most enjoyable to | | | | structural strength and ornate side too. |
| hear and see live. | | | | On leaving this fine building and the past behind we |
| What we did like too was the quaint little bed and | | | | bought a few memento's for home, the children and |
| breakfast we stayed in. With the wooden four | | | | grandparents, but we weren't done as yet. We saw |
| poster bed and big hefty wooden doors with picture | | | | this little shop hidden down one of the back streets, |
| rails we certainly new the hotel catered for romance. | | | | a toyshop catering for just kids wooden toys. It had |
| With it being just bed and breakfast accommodation | | | | jigsaws, vehicles, wooden rocking horses and dolls |
| we asked for a recommendation from the owner as | | | | houses to name just a few. What an aladdin's cave |
| to the best place to eat for an evening meal. We | | | | that our children would have loved. We couldn't leave |
| weren't disappointed in the French restaurant | | | | without buying something made from natural wood, |
| recommended. | | | | especially from such a romantic town. |
| The following morning we left the B & B after | | | | We can all hear Stratford-Upon-Avon on a breezy |
| eating a delectable breakfast and walked towards | | | | night when we sit quietly in our living room some one |
| Stratford town centre. We came to a little market | | | | hundred plus miles away. How? The wind chimes |
| with all different types of stalls. There was a soup | | | | made of wood, purchased from the little twee shop. |
| stall, jewelry stall even a carpet stall, but the one | | | | Oh for romance! |