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Bourton-on-the-Water, model village
Bourton-on-the-Water, model village

Bourton-on-the-Water, model village

Bourton-on-the-Water is one of Britain’s honeypot villages.  Situated in the Cotswolds, a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty that straddles five counties (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire), Bourton-on-the-Water’s main claim to fame is that it is a very pretty…

Through cloisters and gardens – a visit to Lacock Abbey
Through cloisters and gardens – a visit to Lacock Abbey

Through cloisters and gardens – a visit to Lacock Abbey

For some, Lacock Abbey will always be associated with the invention of photography; for others, it is the Tudor-Gothic-Victorian house that gets the juices flowing; for me, the real pleasure was in wandering through cloisters and gardens. It was September…