We decided to drive through the Cotswolds to Tewksbury/M5 Junction rather than via the M42, which may or may not have been a good decision... we got delayed by a serious accident (the roof had been cut off the car when we got there - it had been rear ended by a van) on the way down and lost quite a bit of time - but then again we don't know what the motorway could have thrown at us...
All in all, with that and stopping at the wonderful Gloucester Services to eat lunch it took us about four hours... and, hilariously, as we got to the sea front we were confronted by a wall of sea mist so thick we couldn't see the beach, never mind the sea. Also the temperature had dropped from 25deg at the services to 13 degrees by the sea.
Still we were there so we set off on a walk and after about an hour ended up back at the Wetherspoons were we enjoyed a couple of glasses of Diet Pepsi waiting for the mist to clear. Miraculously it did and we had a quick walk along the beach back to where we'd parked. Here we paused to consume the cinnamon bun we'd bought at the services and then set off for Chipping Campden and the meal we should have had on Monday.
Unfortunately we ended up in another accident, two cars and a car transporter had shut two and half lanes of the motorway and we ended up losing even more time there. We arrived the The Noel Hotel and it seemed quite busy, but we managed to get a table in the (very nice) restaurant (everyone wanted to eat in the conservatory for some reason) and it was jolly nice.
I had an enormous burger (served on a stupid plank of wood) and Rose had fish and chips. We were too full to eat pudding, and there wasn't any puds we were desperate to try, but the main was excellent and we'd definitely go back if we were that way again.
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