Mollington, Northern Costwolds

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The drive from Buxton to Mollington (Monday) took around 4 hours and was un-remarkable – save for the state of the A53 Buxton to Stoke road. It must qualify as one of the worst roads in the UK and doesn’t appear to have been maintained for years. Many of the 50 mph sections we could travel no more than 30, unless we wanted to see the caravan strewn across the carriageway with nothing left to tow but a trailer. Find an alternative route if you can!

We posted some details about our latest site (Anita’s) here.

After a few days at home to sort some things out, we returned to Mollington on Thursday afternoon. In the evening we visited the village of Warmington and ate at the Plough Inn.

Warmington is another picture-postcard Cotswold village with its own pretty duckpond.

Manor House, Warmington
Warmington Duck pond and Village Green

The Plough Inn has a nice garden, which we had more or less to ourselves although the pub was doing a decent trade indoors. It seems to be a bit of a thing around here in that many of the pubs seem to have an Italian twist to the menus and the Plough was no exception. There was an extensive selection of Italian pizzas but in the end, I ate a Chicken pasta dish. Moe ate a Bruschetta so she would have room for a pudding!

The Plough Inn, Warmington