Rain in Stratford upon Avon

The English summer is upon us, so it has been raining quite a bit.  Today we passed through Stratford upon Avon, the birthplace of William Shakepeare, so we had to stop and have a look around.  The rain persisted, but we visited the birthplace of Shakespeare, and then of his wife Ann Hathaway.

On the way we stopped in Chipping Camden, another model Cotswolds village, for a cup of coffee.  There are more thatched roofs there, which we have expected to see everywhere but were not actually that common.

Ornate thatched roof detail, complete with a built-in peacock.

It rained, a lot.

Looking out at the Shakepeare family's garden

Someone who knew William might have slept here.

 We visited the MAD Museum (Mechanical Art and Design) which is full of moving things, like this elaborate "marble race" which includes little trampolines the balls bounce off on their journey throught the machine:

An exhibit in the MAD museum