Post-breakfast, assuming you got up at some reasonable time (and only you can decide what is "reasonable" - small legal joke), you may care to take a stroll around the village. Let's start with the bridge over the river. This is a historic place. During the English Civil War, a battle took place here, commemorated in the Ralph McTell song Red And Gold, recorded by FC on - oh, you guessed. Today, it's a place where traders sell interesting and unusual items. Over the bridge, you'll find a shop, and there will probably be a queue outside. It sells the things you forgot to pack, and newspapers. Your preferred newspaper will have sold out, sadly, you really should have got up earlier.
As you are strolling around the village, you might care to look into the church. There are some frescos on one wall, but the real item of interest is the brass eagle that serves as a lectern. As the Battle of Cropredy Bridge loomed, the villagers took care to preserve the one item in their church that could be considered ornamental, even popish... their eagle lectern. If the Parliamentary forces won the battle, there was every chance that the lectern would be melted down to become part of a cannon. Rather than have this happen, the villagers decided to hide it... Now, they could have buried it in the ground, hidden it in a nearby house, but they decided to throw it in the river, where it could be recovered easily if the Royalists won the battle.
The Royalists duly drove off the Parliamentary forces, and the villagers rushed to the river to retrieve the lectern... except it wasn't there. It had been carried downstream by the river. Over one hundred years later, the lectern was discovered, some distance down the river. It was restored to the church, and you ought to take a look at it.
The church hosts a non-denominational service on the Sunday of the Festival, so if you'd like to thank God for the good time you've had, head down there. Don't forget your guitar, squeezebox, drum, harmonica - or whatever instrument you brought, it will be welcomed.
The rest of the village is a good place to wander and exercise dreams of "If I won lots of money, I'd have that house"... Personally, I'd settle for an address in Creampot Lane.
There are two pubs in Cropredy, The Brasenose and the Red Lion. Both serve good beer, and have a barbecue, if you're hungry. The Brasenose hosts live music in the back garden, and if the music in the main field is not to your taste, the Brasenose garden is a useful alternative. The Red Lion is just across the street from the church, and more music can be found in the rear car park. Patrons often take their pints over to the churchyard, where gravestones provide a seat. It's OK, the vicar doesn't mind. Just clear up after yourself. If you sit on a gravestone for too long you risk indentations that proclaim that your bum died in 1654.
More information about the village can be found at www.cropredyvillage.info.