Cirencester, Including the Abbey Grounds Park

I'm back travel blogging again after a two month absence, as the UK lockdown was eased slightly last week, and it's now possible to drive to local places for outdoor exercise. The more lenient rules meant that I could go for a (socially-distanced!) walk in the Abbey Grounds Park in Cirencester, a town near where I live. I'd walked there before, but this time was very different, because it was a real experience of freedom after so many weeks of being stuck in my small village. It was lovely to have a long walk taking in all the sights and sounds of the nature there, and then to sit on a bench and read a book for a while, after a long period where these small things were off limits. I also really enjoyed taking lots of pictures, travel photography being one of many things I've missed during the quarantine.

Cirencester in general is a very touristic and picturesque town. So, I feel like this post is a good opportunity to show a few more photos I've taken there at various points over the last couple of years.

One of the nicest things about Cirencester are the colourful hare sculptures that can be found all over the town. They've been there for several years now, and two of them are included in my pictures above.

But I think my favourite part of the town has to be the castle, which can be seen from Cirencester Park and Cirencester Open Air Pool.

The pool is an amazing place that I'm really looking forward to going back to in the future.

I'm very glad that now we have this little bit of extra freedom. However, I can hardly wait for life to return to normal. I've really missed travelling over the last two months. Obviously I want to get back to Chile and start my job as soon as possible, but even to be able to go on a proper day trip within the UK would be amazing. For now though, local outdoor areas are the best thing on offer. I hope to do some more little trips like this one soon.