After breakfast at the Hotel, we set off in our tiny car (thank goodness given the width of the roads here) in search of other Barnabyland locations. We stopped at the church at Warborough on the way to Bekonscot Model Village. it was worth the wet shoes and socks to wander around the cemetery and through the church grounds.
The Six Bells pub, also at Warborough, was a familiar location from a few episodes.
On reflection, I could have familiarised myself with the UK road rules before I started driving here but we didn't run into any major issues. Except our navigation program which works fine at home in Australia but not so much here.
We made it to Bekonscot Model Village on time to meet our mates, even with the few times around and about the town of Beaconsfield looking for parking. We eventually saw the sign outside the village saying visitors could park in the Church carpark across the road, which we did. We were also able to let our mates know so they could park there. Following a foggy start to the drive from their location and a diversion because of road works, they were running a little behind schedule and didn't need to be spending time looking for a park.
The Bekonscot Model Village was amazing. An episode of Midsomer Murders was filmed here and starts with the groundskeeper walking like a giant through the village and discovering a murder victim pinned to the ground similar to Gulliver (of Gulliver's Travels). The village hasn't changed much in the 30 or so years since the episode was filmed. We didn't find anyone there who was there when the film crew was, but one was able to point out that the body was placed on a path which had been covered with grass 'up there' and that they had also filmed in the village's workshops.
Several hundred photographs later (and that was just me), we set off to our digs at Little Amersham chosen because our hairdresser used to work there; she had been excited for us that we would be visiting her old haunts and we made sure to take a picture to send her.