Banbury is an ancient market town set on the edge of the beautiful Cotswolds. The town is well known in England due to the fact it was in the popular nursey rhyme, 'Ride a Cock Horse'. It has been suggested that the lady in the nursery rhyme may have been Lady Godiva or Elizabeth I. Bicester is a pretty little Oxfordshire town, thought to date back to Saxon times. First mentioned in the Doomsday book, the name means "Fort of the Warriors".
2009 marks the 250th anniversary of Scottish poet Robert Burns' birth. Burns was a poet and a lyricist and is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland.
The Burns Supper was started a few years after his death by a group of his friends; they held the supper to honour and remember Burns. The tradition caught on and the ritual of Burns Supper is now held all around the world.
His life and work will be celebrated throughout the year at many Burns-related events.
