The village is not-surprisingly surrounded by rolling green farm-land pastures. The Old Vicarage is a fine example of why in many of Jane Eyre's novels a vicar-posting was reasonably desirable.
Eventually the rain caught up, which heralded a return to The Stables in Weir Lane and the warmth of the house for a while.
Bristol is the birthplace of actor Cary Grant and the pirate Blackbeard; it is from where Italian explorer John Cabot departed under the commission of Henry VIII in 1497 on a voyage of discovery of parts of North America, landing at Newfoundland; and is the site of many of the works of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, including the Clifton Suspension Bridge over the deep Avon Gorge, and the SS Great Britain, the longest passenger ship in the world from 1845 to 1854 and the first to be built of iron and equipped with a screw propeller becoming the first iron steamer to cross the Atlantic, which she did in 1845 in the time of 14 days days.
The Chapter House, which dates to 1160 is a beautiful room, with simply stunning acoustics - well worth a visit in its own right; this building is where official church business took place, with a chapter read from the bible at the start of each meeting - hence the name.
We fortunately secured Craig and Jenny's favourite table, in the corner by the bookshelf next to the fire; clearly this is now my favourite table at the Lord Nelson too.