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<p>The country has been experiencing a very cold snap as you will see in the photos below. I visited my good friends Gary and Caroline and they took me out into a winter wonderland.</p>
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<p>The snow in Oxfordshire was more evident than in Lincolnshire.</p>
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<p>We visited <a href="http://www.batsarb.co.uk/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Batsford Arboretum</a> where the trees were hanging with snow and the typical Cotswold church looked very seasonal.</p>
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<p>On our way back we visited <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.rollrightstones.co.uk/" target="_blank">The Roll Right Stones</a>. A fascinating ancient monument with a very friendly (possibly hungry) robin too.</p>
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