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In this video we react to the Cotswolds for the first time. Join us as we learn about one of the most beautiful areas in England. The Cotswolds are absolutely stunning! From idyllic villages and natural beauty to incredible old world architecture, the Cotswolds seem to have something for everyone. It's definitely going on my list of places to see when we visit the UK.
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I never thought watching an American couple talking about the UK would help me rediscover my country and love it more. Thanks guys. You are welcome to visit anytime xxx
I have been building a list of places to go from watching this channel ... and I am right in the middle of the UK. I have some US visitors coming to visit soon...hard to know what to show them as there is so much.
@@jonhollandjazz I’m in Kidderminster, which is somewhat in the middle. Lived in Birmingham for a while xx
I live a short car ride from the Cotswolds yes the house prices are expensive the King as a home there Princess Anne’s estate is there it wonderful watching it through your eyes love from an 89 year old fan keep up the good work x
A month ago l had an American friend visit and her enthusiasm opened my eyes to what was around me. A wall in a wood l past a 1,000 times was a thing of beauty that l had ignored.
I agree, I am learning so much about my country from watching these posts. Steve and Lyndsey are a lovely couple.
We sometimes forget how lucky we are in this country.
Definitely! I take it for granted and I shouldn’t
ABSOLUTEY !
Exactly so.
Indeed, i often say the same about us here living in Somerset.
I live in Bradford lol.
Yeah the city's not that cracking but the history we have all over the UK is fernomimal.
In Bradford we have Bolling hall which has roots going back to the doomsday book of 1068.
Plus Salts Mill and a bunch of other historical places..
I'd say that lucky is an understatement
It's so easy to forget how blessed we are to live in our beautiful Country 🙌🏼🇬🇧🙌🏼
There are a lots of buttfull places in all over the UK the thing a lot of people that live in UK don't appreciate what. a buttfull country side we have for such a small country ❤
@@alanwoodings7519 beautiful?
Aint that the truth sarah England's stunning
Have you not seen what they have done to parts of it?
London is gone….
Best country in the world.
I really wish more of our ‘own people’ would appreciate the UK more.
Agreed.
I love my country I love that we have the Royal family. I just hate our government lol. I don't believe us citizens should be paying for our government members meals. They eat steak and salmon whilst others struggle to put food on the table. Use there lunch payment to help fund our medical staff.
Good shout 🙄👍🏻 x
Why?
@@kaydod3190 because… it gave a lot of us free education up to teenage years at least. Free healthcare. A pension to live on once I stop working. Freedom of speech. Freedom to travel. A free press. World recognised culture. Diversity of population. None of these are ‘perfect’ our politicians are not perfect, our education system and legal systems are not perfect. But….show me a country where these things are perfect. Every country has its problems with not enough money, space etc to take in everyone but I can think of no other country that’s has gotten all of this right, yet. I’m happy to be corrected.
The British accent in Thomas The Tank Engine is a rather famous British accent. It's the former Beatles drummer, Ringo Starr.
The stories were originally written by the Rev W Awdry who was a Vicar in the Church of England.
Scouser!
Never knew that! :)
@@kelvinpell4571 Yes, so one of Britain's finest accents. A close second to Glaswegian. 😏
@@theeccentricmilliner5350 Indeed. I read them all as a child, long before they were televised and while Ringo was still honing his drumming chops in the scuzzy dives of Hamburg.
Truly, we forget just how beautiful our British Isles are until we see Americans watching what are everyday sights to Europeans. BTW the heraldry displayed on a shield is very likely to be the coat of arms of a grand family.
Won't be for long with immigrants taking over..
Beautiful? Lol 😂
England, Scotland, Wales and both of the Irelands ARE indeed stuffed with history.
The most fantastic place on Earth - says a Dane.
Thank you for your kind comment we sometimes forget that living here
Indeed ❤
It’s a shame we are allowing it to be destroyed.
If you ever come here, you might enjoy a narrow boat holiday...
@@debbieh99 Interesting enough, that’s one thing on my bucket list. A trip with a narrow boat on one of the canals.
Have you visited England’s first colony, and seen what the English have done to it? Yes, Kernow/Cornwall I am talking of. Over the years it has had the life extracted out of it. Yes, extraction was the name of the game. The profits from copper, tin, and granite was never reinvested back into Cornwall.. It was spirited away to the most fantastic place on earth?
Lindsay was right about the sign, both shields contain coats of arms for past Lords of the Campden manor
Coats of arms are fun glimpse into history, there's the ruins of a C13 house (Llys Euryn) near my house where a warrior called Ednyfed Fychan lived, in battle he cut off the heads of 3 English lords and took them to his king at the time Llewelyn the Great, who insisted the Fychan coat of arms from that time on should include the 3 lords heads, and it still does to this day.
I am fortunate enough to live in the Cotswolds, which is actually 2,000 square kilometres in size and stretches for about 200 kilometres, North to South, so what you saw here was just a a snippet. There are six counties, with hundreds of villages and towns and 2,500 miles of foot paths and 400 historical sites. It is a magical place.
Didn't realise you use kilometres in the Cotswolds. Here in Cambridgeshire, we use miles.
I live in the cotswolds,and we definitely use miles as far as im concerned.
All of old England is in miles.Built in feet inches and yards,fields in acres, chains or furlongs.Not kilometres they weren't invented when England was built.
Just about the rest of the world measures in kilometers. It’s just a nice gesture from a brite to the rest of the world by giving the distances in kilometers.
Don’t be so american about your miles. Chill up guys.😊
@@valeriedavidson2785 "re" is French, "er" is English.
Hi. There was an American couple who recently posted videos about each day of their 9 day walk of the 102 mile walk of the Cotswold Way (finishing in Bath)) and they used a firm that sets the itinerary (so you can do it in fewer or more days than they did) and they book you into the hotels for each night of your stay and take your luggage from hotel to hotel so all you have to do is carry what you need for each day’s walk. I think their Chanel is called Off Day Adventures.
I watched that too, was really good.
I would absolutely recommend Off Day Adventures videos of their walk along the Cotswold Way. They are entertaining and informative. Watch them I think you would love them.
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Check out this couple's journey along the Cotswold Way. They used a travel company to book their overnight stays and to transport their luggage from hotel to hotel.
That's pretty cool! Thanks for the heads-up..will definitely have to give them a watch. :)
It's time you did some reactions to Kent for your wife to see. She will cry, in a good way.
As a Scot living close to Loch Lomond, we have beautiful scenery but there is something quite different in the beauty and stillness of the Cotswolds. My favourite part of the Cotswolds to visit has been Stow on the Wold, which is breathtakingly beautiful and serene. I would visit it more than once if the opportunity arises again.
I was born & spent my early years there - now live in a 17th Century village in Scotland but have visited the Cotswolds many times - one of my favourite places was the Cafe in the Lower Slsughter Old Mill museum.
Throw a stick in this country and you’ll find history! Especially in the more rural areas. The Cotswolds is beautiful. So is the Lake District (but it’s always rained when I’ve been which is why it’s so green and lush!!!!).
Then there’s the Peak District… honestly there’s so many places to see…
And yes, they’re all seperate towns and villages..
When you said "look at the car", it was an old Rolls Royce rather than a Jaguar.
It's funny how we take this stuff for granted. I live in a medieval market town with partially standing ruins of a huge palace 10 mins walk from my house.
Same here ours is a mix of Saxon/Medieval/Elizabethan.
“Bring me a shrubbery!” “One that is nice and not too expensive!” 😂
@@scottneil1187 Thanks! I wasn’t sure if anyone would pick up on the source of my comment or just think I was a madman 😂👍
It is a good shrubbery I like the laurels particularly, but there is one small problem.
I would rather chop down the mightiest tree in the forest
Ecky Ecky Patang!
I went to this as soon as they mentioned it 😂
I live in The Cotswolds after 40 years in London. I love it every day.
I never realise how lucky I am to live in the Cotswolds until I see other people seeing it for the first time
Same
The UK is a small country but packs in so much to see and do, even more so because of a long and settled history alongside the outstanding natural beauty of so much of our countryside.
Don't forget we can go hiking and not get eaten or poisoned by our nature lol.
The most diverse countryside in the world according to Bill Bryson and me
There isn’t that much to see and do. Exaggerating much
@@GlenJaqueslol😂lol😂
@@kaydod3190 You obviously never go anywhere or do anything.
I love how emotional Lindsay got in this video. You can see how passionate she is about it.
The Cotswolds are absolutely stunning and even more so in person. When you eventually visit us in the UK, please make sure you visit it as it's such an experience to see it in person.
Lindsay was right about Thomas btw. It's a British show. Interesting facts about it. The British show is called Thomas The Tank Engine whilst your version is called Thomas The Train. Also, the original version of Thomas the Tank Engine had a narrator/storyteller who was none other than Ringo Starr from The Beatles!
That is really interesting. I know in the US version of Thomas, George Carlin was the narrator--at least in the later seasons, not sure if that was the case in the beginning.
We definitely will have to visit the Cotswolds! Appreciate you hanging out with us. :)
@@reactingtomyroots oh wow, I didn’t know that George Carlin did that. Thats super cool!
No problem at all. Thanks for showing so much passion towards the U.K. as we all appreciate you all!
Americans were introduced to Thomas through a television show called Shining Time Station. Ringo Starr played a magical train conductor who told stories about the trains to kids. When he left George Carlin took over.@@GariClarkngb
Also apparently the Yanks don't call hom the Fat Controller.
@@samhilton4173 Neither do we now apparently. The US version call him by his real name (Sir Topham Hatt) and we’ve also started referring to him as that now as well because of the insulting to some name that is associated with The Fat Controller.
Loved it when you saw the stained glass window in Gloucester Cathedral and said 'Holy Wow!' Exactly!
Yeah the invisible mystical bearded sky wizard who surf's the clouds and will send you to hellfire for you to burn for eternity 🔥...But god still loves you 😂 how ironic is that..
I’m lucky enough to live there; sadly most of us take it for granted but it’s so lovely to hear you speak in such a complimentary way about it! Thank you ❤
Steam Trains in the UK are usually part of heritage lines, private groups of volunteers who keep history of the train alive and recreate their stations as they'd have been in the early to mid 20th century. They're usually on old sections of track now disconnected from the main network, though there's some exceptions! Paddington Bear was named after the station where they found him, which is a huge contemporary station in London.
It was a sad day when steam trains was no longer in use on all the main lines remember as a child my father taking me out just to see them it was so exciting
There are also only around 150 still operational steam locomotives in the UK aslo..
So god bless the people that dedicate there free time to maintaining them.
A couple of times when I've visited family back in Exeter, I've just stumbled across a steam train just sitting at one of the platforms while I wait for my train back home 😅
I've been fortunate enough to train on the railway in Leeds, at Middleton railway museum.
Apparently the oldest station in the world?
I got married in Gloucester cathedral, in July 1991. My, now ex, wife, went to the school affiliated with the cathedral. This gave her the right to get married there. It was the hottest day of the year and I was hungover beyond belief, after about an hour's sleep. When we signed the marriage cerificate, the vicar who married us, said he thought I was going to be his first invertebrate bride groom. It was a close run thing.
I'm from a pretty rough area of Manchester, Wythenshawe. As we came out, there were lots of people clicking away, taking photographs and I saw my dad chatting to a few of them. I asked him later who they were. He said they were a group of Americans on tour and they asked who was getting married. He told them Lady Kate of Gloucester and The Earl of Wythenshawe
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Good one! 😂
😂😂😂
hahah, that's hilarious. And I'm sure they believed it! I know we would have. 😂
I live in North Somerset, which is not far from the Cotswolds really and Somerset is equally stunning in places also. It's absolutely riddled with ancient history all around us and i often say we don't appreciate it enough.
I lived in the cotswolds it was a fantastic place to grow up in late 70s and 80s. We built dens and swings, go swimming in the rivers, and catch n release fish. Good memories
Yes, they are little villages in the cotswold, and the car was an old style rolls Royce
*Bentley
@@broadband0118 That's what I thought, too.
@@broadband0118Rolls Royce as it has the little Spirit on the front. Bentleys just have the B logo within wings on the rear
@@heatherboardman7004 And I can't tell the difference, at that range - can you?
The costwolds way, is a 102 mile walk, there is an american couple who did the walk staying in B&B's, they did it during the summer, mark from the states has also done a raction to it, Its really worth a watch guys, whether you watch it privately or react to it, They did it over nine days
The memorable part of their journey they stopped for luch in village pub, got talking to locals, the wifes was in tears with happiness when they left the village pub,
Their channel is off day advetures
I've just left an entry and scrolled down to find your comment! Thanks for giving the name of their channel. How amusing....two minds thinking somewhat alike.....Robert, uk.
@@2eleven48 you welcome, i do keep in touch as i followed there trip, they on another trip or have just finished, waiting for the videos, they said they had something special at the end of january, i dont know what, I agree, lets give that wonderful couple some love, as well as mark from the states, who has helped there channel and views, cheers
@@2eleven48 i will never forget her face, after the pub, episode 6 or 7 or close i cant remember, that feel of the british local pub culture, I think she will take that memory for ever, wondeful couple, honest couple,
I will look up that channel, so thanks....
@@raymondporter2094 there are many episodes, but they have them listed by day, from leaving, leave them a like and sub and say sean passed it on, they will know
We live in Gloucester,England,and we are at the edge of the Cotswolds,and it IS stunning,even to me,having lived here 70yrs.We are never more tha 5mins away from countryside.We have a stunning cathedral,and also the Royal Forest of Dean,the other way.Rolling hills and stunning views,you wont be disappointed
Gloucester Cathedral is fabulous, dripping with history. But why does the place not make more of its hidden treasure the New Inn with its Lady Jane Grey connections? That yard with its open balconies is trying out to be renovated.
@@Lily-Bravo Our City Council has destroyed our heritage over the years.There WAS an alley in Westgate street,and the house up the alley was where Colonel Massey was "holed" up in the seige of Gloucester,during the War of the Roses.The council demolished it and built a Macdonalds on there.🤬🤬🤬🤬
@@terryloftus3207 I had to teach a term about local history with the Cathedral as the main point and was stunned at the amount of unsung history the city has.
I visited Bourton-on-the-water a few years ago with my daughter as part of a day out on a coach trip. It was a lovely sunny day and the area was indeed very beautiful.
The Cotswolds isn’t a National Park, plans were put forward but rejected over concerns that it would be detrimental to local people, creating an increase in house prices and placing restrictions on planning and infrastructure. I live in the South Downs National Park, it has pros and cons, but inevitably it will push house prices even higher at a time when affordable housing is a priority.
But it is listed as an AONB (area of outstanding natural beauty) which is kind of next best thing...
I live in Scarborough England , near the North Yorkshire moors , u just made me realise how lucky I am to have hills and beaches and greenery
My dad moved there for a while, and I loved my visit to Scarborough, we went on lots of walks on the beach and up the hills like you said, it was great
@@JoshHCK it’s lovely , shame lots of town shops closing but beautiful 😍
I like buying local, but I am one of those that buys a lot online so I can see how some shops could close. I'll definitely be back and take much more time in the Yorkshire moors, I love a good walk, and fish and chips is better by the coast too!
@@JoshHCK defiantly fish n chips by the coast , also visit the moors , lots of cool places
I was born to in the Cotswolds. Moved now to Portugal . It's beautiful there. I used to have a farm there nr toddington railway station...that station you showed... And lived in winchcombe. My m.i.l lives in blockley, where the TV program Farther brown is filmed, in fact I was married in that church. It truly is a beautiful place the Cotswolds.....and all around
I have travelled across America (mainly by train) and was constantly amazed by its sheer scale and diversity, but your enthusiasm for England is a happy reminder of how fortunate we are to live in such a lovely country.
Steve & Lyndsey you should look at Lavenham in Suffolk, there’s old croocked houses there and lovely countryside!
I have just returned last Friday, from celebrating my ex wife's 70th Birthday with our children and their family's. We spent 4 days in Bourton on the Water, It is off peak season but there were still a lot of people like ourselves enjoying the beautiful walks and views. A family memory we shall cherish. Thank you Bourton on the Water
Ooh, i LOVE Bourton on the water. That freezing shallow river right through the middle!
If you are ever in England I’d be more than happy to show you around. I live a stone’s throw from Warwick Castle (which you should definitely check out).
There are LOADS of beautiful cathedrals in England so it's difficult to say WHICH to visit (or research). York Minster, Beverley Minster, the cathedrals in Durham, Ely, Coventry (modern re-build after wartime bombing), Gloucester, Wells ... And in London: Westminster Abbey, St Paul's. Enough to satisfy any visitor of modern still-used ecclesiastical sites.
If you wanted to visit ruined abbeys, priories etc (but still with LOTS to see and usually exhibitions etc within them to explain), you'd hardly need to leave Yorkshire. In North Yorkshire alone I'll suggest a few there: Whitby Abbey on the cliff-top overlooking the North Sea (and the site where Dracula is said, in Bram Stoker's novel, to have come ashore in England), Rievaulx Abbey a few miles outside Helmsley with its castle, Mount Grace Priory (the most complete Carthusian monastery remains in England), the incomparable Fountains Abbey outside Ripon (the enormous wealth those institutions had in the Middle Ages), Jervaulx Abbey. The list goes on. You'd better book some holiday time off ...
Peace love from England ❤
There's never peace in ENGLAND especially with the "PROTECTED SPECIES" Violent 3rd world illegal immigrants and there stabbing,Robbing,Car jackings,Shootings,No go zones and ENGLAND is turning into an absolute 💩 HOLE sadly..
One site that was missed out was Arlington Row (15th century cottages) near Bibury. It's said that Henry Ford liked it so much he wanted to buy it and ship it stone by stone back to the US. He was unable to do this, so instead he purchased Rose Cottage in Chedworth. Dismantling began in early 1930 and 475 tons of stone and other building materials were shipped from London to New Jersey, and then on to Dearborn, Michigan. The cottage was rebuilt by Gloucestershire craftsmen and Ford factory workers at Greenfield Village, Dearborn MI, where it's the oldest building at the Henry Ford Museum.
Wow!
It's amazing what you can learn on CZcams.
Thanks 👍
Now that's some dedication! 😅 And a whole lotta money, I'm sure.
Beautiful place
Seriously, check out Arlington Row in Bibury. You will see why Henry Ford wanted it. PS parking is problematic in the summer.@@reactingtomyroots
Hi, thanks for watching and appreciating this video. The old car you saw, was a 1970's Rolls Royce. Thank you. Enjoy your weekend.
I was born and raised here in the Cotswolds (we live about 20 mins from Bourton on the Water!!) I guess this scenery is normal to us but hearing all you've said really makes me want to go out and appreciate my home more. Truly never appreciated just how magical it is in the Cotswolds!
I have a few recommendations for places that should be on a Cotswold travel list:
Bibury, Burford, Stow On The Wold, Minster Lovell, Daylesford, Moreton in Marsh, Blenheim Palace/Woodstock.
We are extremely lucky in Great Britain to have wonderful countryside small villages,and great coastlines and beaches
Yes, we are, but our cities are ugly grim disasters.
My brother got married in Broadway. The whole arena is absolutely stunning ♥️
Guys. It's really great to see your faces and to hear you say "wow" yet again (as you do :o)) from picture to picture of the architecture ..... You REALLY MUST visit the UK to see all the places that you have seen over your reaction videos... Keep up the good work...
Awww bless, your melting and to us it's just Daves house 😆 random burial mound older than the pyramids ,kids playing on and dogs shitting on it 😆 the Scilly isles is well worth a look👍
Your cheapest option of holidaying in the uk would be to book your flights, hire a camper van and use public transport for the cities. Then you could get to see lots of these different places. 😊
Yeah, that sounds like it would be a lot of fun. :)
@@reactingtomyrootsBut driving on the left, narrow country lanes and roundabouts can make it challenging for an American.
@@maninthestreet01 his ancestors left this country not knowing what was ahead of them and took that chance. He's probably inherited some of those genes so driving on our tiny roads should be within his capabilities. 😉
This is where I live. I moved away but came back 14 years ago.
I live in Kent, the so-called garden of England, but the Cotswolds is in my opinion the most beautiful County in England with its natural cream stone buildings, Boughton-on-the-water is just stunning
The Cotswolds is an area not a county it’s in six counties including Somerset just ,Wiltshire Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and more
@@lisahopper207 yes I know, not sure why I said it was lol
I have travelled quite a lot and love visiting other countries and meeting people. But I would never live anywhere else than England. We have so much here to be proud of in our history and so many beautiful places to visit. Thanks for the video.
Fun bit of etymology: the "Chipping" in the town name Chipping Camden comes from an Old English word "ceapen", meaning "Market", and is also the origin of the word "Chap" meaning "man" - a "Chap" was originally a market-trader.
Not to be confused with Loose Chippings, often seen on road signposts. (It is twinned with the French town of Poids Lourds, also on many signposts)
@@chrissaltmarsh6777LOL, très drôle
@@finncullen I thought you'd get the joke. Etymology is an obsession..
@@chrissaltmarsh6777 If you don't already know it, the podcast Something Rhymes with Purple feeds that obsession wonderfully.
@@chrissaltmarsh6777 Poids Lourds 😂😂😂
If you want to know where the fictional island of 'Sodor', home of Thomas the Tank Engine is, find the map of the UK, and look for my home town of Barrow in Furness (where, I mentioned before, the submarines are being built) off Barrow is Walney Island, where I live, and further out to sea is the Isle of Man. Sodor sits between these two places. Also the first narrator for the animated series in 1984 was Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. The first book written by the Reverend W Awdry was published in 1945 and more written by him until 1972 when his son took over until 2011. His son hasn't written anymore.
Do remember that it is `Thomas the Tank ENGINE`.
He is a steam engine with water tanks fitted, so he is an engine not a tank
Love watching your reactions especially this one as I live on the edge of the Cotswolds and visit all of these place regularly. Keep up the good work 🙂
You are watching different towns and villages in the cotswold. They are all beautiful. We spent years going to Tetbury staying in a converted stable, it was a lovely cottage. Literally up the road is Highgrove home to King Charles
It is so peaceful and gentle. Thank you for your appreciation of our country💕🏴
You would most definitely like Lavenham Suffolk England. I was there last summer for a coffee with my parents and there was loads of tourists taking photos. The houses are very old attractive.
We are very lucky in general to live in the uk .
Yes we are, I've never wanted to live anywhere else. 😊
Why? Lol
My mum and step dad moved to Bourton-on-the-Water a few years back to retire (10 minute walk from that very river and high street). Having grown up in London (now living in Cardiff) you can only image how wonderful it is to call BoW my second home now.
The narrator is correct in saying that it gets very busy with tourists during the day at weekends but the evenings and week days we have the whole place to ourselves 😊
I had a job interview in the village, its a beautiful village I sort of regret not taking the job just based on the location, its that nice. What a place to retire!
During the summer months, it’s stupidly busy every single day, such a shame for the people who call it home.
Great fish & chips from the eatery on the corner!!!
There are videos covering the City of Gloucester and the neighbouring town of Cheltenham. The Cotswolds are a ridge of limestone hills which form the eastern side of the vale of Gloucester, views from the ridge to the west cover the flat vale with the Malvern Hills, The Forest of Dean and the Welsh mountains to the west. Both Gloucester and Cheltenham sit in the Vale. You could easily spend a week just exploring this area.
The people who own and live in these old buildings take great pride in them, they are kept in immaculate conditions, my home was built in 1703 from a sandstone/lime mortar construction with a natural slate roof, it does require a fair bit of maintenance but worth keeping the place original. I could not live in a modern disposable slab sided concrete home with no garden or greenery which is about all that is built nowadays.
I bet there very rare to be put on the market 😂 as so many would love a house there
Concur, I live in a 70's mid terrace with a 20 ft by 30 ft back garden and as built on the side of a valley, the bottom of the garden is 10 ft lower than the road out front, the house 4 ft lower than the road. Front garden 6 ft by 20 ft. Mobile phone coverage inside the house is terrible unless upstairs and still can be dodgy.
@@deanmaximus9770 I bought my home just over 25 years ago for the sum of £23,900, it had no central heating which I have sympathetic added in the form of a large wood burner which runs 10 rads and heats all my water, I have added a hidden air source heating unit and a biomass reclaiming plant that do not upset the original building, it is my duty to preserve this building as far as I am concerned.
@@georgebarnes8163 Is it a listed building?
@@user-fe7mg5ot9z no, there are loads of them about for peanut prices all over the UK, listed buildings are in general worthless and best avoided.
I am fortunate to live on the edge of the Cotswolds. Our many villages are so beautiful, really chocolate box views. All those places are small towns and villages and these days extremely busy with tourists in the summer months. Bourton on the water is our often visited place as we are not too far away. In the summer, if you're lucky, you will catch the duck races which are such great fun. You can visit a railway set up and the model Village (of Bourton itself), but they are expensive. Do indulge in a cream tea. Our cathedrals are magnificent and on the whole, very old. They are not always free to enter, but if they are you are expected to donate money. The reason for that is, that a proportion of visitors like to deface, chip and steal artifacts which means replicas have to be made, the buildings take a lot of upkeep, and are always locked when not staffed. I am so proud to be English, I love our history and our decreasing scenery. I believe Linsay has a Scottish soul when she was so moved by the sound of the pipes. My family is a mix of English, Scottish, Irish and possibly French. I love that your beautiful wife joins you now it is so lovely to get her input, Steve. I hope you will be able to visit us across the pond and for long enough to enjoy our way of life and us folks. ❤❤❤👵🏴🌹🌹🌹
Check out other videos of this particular area of here in the UK. You can see the row of weavers cottages in, Bibury,,it's said to be the place where the, 'blanket, was invented first invented due to the wool going through a shrinking process to make uniforms for the soldiers 😀
Can confirm the Cotswolds is totally gorgeous. If you go to Gloucester cathedral nip down to Hereford cathedral too for largest chained library in the world, actual medieval map of the world and a Magna Carta. Then stay over in Hay-on-Wye bit further, as book lovers there's no way you should miss it! Bibliophile's nirvana set in picture perfect setting. 😉
Shouldn't that be nip up to Hereford? Definitely a good recommendation though, I am a Gloucestrian but I really like Hereford it's so much calmer and a very nice place.
@@alexmckee4683yes fair point should have said "nip over" maybe! 🫣
The shrubbery you mentioned in front of the ‘chocolate box’ cottage is a fine example of cloud pruning. I also do this in Cambridge, it has become very popular recently.
See Audley End house, Saffron Walden.
Yes...I must go there as once made lunch for the then Lord and Lady Braybrooke, who were visiting my employer, I never realised how huge and beautiful their house was...
Used to be blessed enough to live near the Cotswolds. Absolutely stunning area
Yeah, sounds like you traded one beautiful place for another :)
Broadway, Bourton on the Water and Stow on the Wold are the most beautiful places in the Cotswolds to visit…if you come to England, you really need to make them part of your plans x
I'm so blessed to have been born and raised here in the Cotswolds and my god have I taken it for granted. It truly is a beautiful place.
What you've been seeing in this video is different villages/towns. Gloucester being a city with it's gorgeous cathedral. All within driving distance of no more than 2 hours at least. it's amazing!
Love your videos!
The Cotswolds Way is quite a bit more strenuous than you might think as there are a lot of hills. A few commenters have mentioned the American couple who did it over 9 days. You can also do smaller sections of it, ie 1 day hikes between villages. Some of the villages like Bourton on the Water can be extremely busy tourist spots especially during the summer months. Magenta Otter Travels lives in Cheltenham part of the year and she has made a lot of videos covering the Cotswolds.
The Cotswolds always looks beautiful anytime of the year. All the beauty of Britain is revealed as soon as you leave a city. I live on the edge of my English city and within two minutes I see green and old. Coat-of-arms were common on shields. These steam Heritage Railways are common in Britain. They were, at one time an active branch line with these genuine stations. On occasions there are real large steam trains running on main lines. Thomas the Tank Engine is British and is narrated by Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.
I’m sure. Imagine the Cotswolds in the snow.
I live in gloucester and see the cathedral every day it is a great place to visit
I feel so blessed as I live about 4 miles from Burford. I love living here.
Hi guys , isn't it just lovely , I've always dreamed of living in an old cottage by a running stream with rolling hills beyond , give me the beauty and quiet of the countryside over towns , cities any day just love it . 😊
Been recommending The Cotswolds for a while, so glad you did this. My dream is to live there when I retire, if I'm lucky and wealthy enough. All I want is a cottage with a stream nearby 😍
I love the Cotswolds, many many happy days out spent there.
Paddington station is real 😂 and one of the main stations in London, it's very big and more modern than the little ones. The one you saw is common in the more rural areas for small towns 😊
The basic station was built by Brunel, though. It still has the waiting room built for Queen Victoria.
I used to live in the Cotswolds before moving to Wales. This video brought back many memories. I lived around there since childhood until I decided to have a change at the age of 55.
Oh, guys I just wish I had you as my next door neighbours!! ❤️
I had my honeymoon in the Cotswolds back in 1992. We stayed in a beautiful old stone built cottage in Malmsbury. Definitely one of the most scenically stunning places I’ve ever visited. Kinda sad I never found the chance to go back. If you love our railways, check out The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent.💞🇬🇧
There are so many beautiful sites within an hour's drive of where I live. Cotswolds, Welsh Mountains to name but 2. So lucky.
The paddle boat you liked is called a Punt and you push it along with a pole.
I love your enthusiasm for our conutry, I love our country too.
You could come and stay for a month and only see a fraction of the beautiful places we have here.
I hope you have the opportunity to visit some day.
Cotswolds is so beautiful
For many years I wanted to move out of London and buy a small house in the Cotswolds. When I was finally ready, we got hit the virus, the economy went south , so now I guess I'm stuck in London , and my dream is delayed. But only delayed. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸
I live in Gloucester and the cathedral is amazing
The tomb you could see at the end of the video is that of King Edward II who was buried in Gloucester Cathedral in December 1327 after his very suspicious death🤔
Supposedly a red hot poker shoved up his fundament!
My cousin lives on the edge of the Cotswolds. Her daughter lives in one of the honey coloured villages. Her granddaughter went to school in Chipping Campden. An uncle used to run the pub at the top of Fish Hill, the road from Broadway to the Broadway Tower. As a result, the Cotswolds are a place that I know well, but I never take any of it for granted.
It's a pity that they did not show the model village in Bourton-on-the-Water. It is a recreation of the village, even including a copy of the model village. Sophia would love it.
That sounds awesome! We'll definitely have to look that up.
Came back to say...just looked up the model village and that's amazing. Sophia would definitely LOVE that. Lindsay would too! It's very whimsical.
Yes!!! Finally you got to see Gloucester cathedral!! The city i was born, which i recommended a few times also great for you to see the Cotswolds a short drive from Gloucester been there a few times gorgeous and very friendly people too such a beautiful place one to visit 100%
Bourton on the water is absolutely amazing. They also have a huge bird-zoo nearby.
Lovely in the summer (All 2.4days of it we get)
I just love your reactions. Most the places mentioned are villages in the Cotswolds. There's also Stow on the Wold in the Cotswolds with the church that has yew trees growing around the door. It's beautiful, as is Gloucester cathedral.
Fantastic reaction!!
Gloucester cathedral is beautiful and it also as a link to the USA ,John Stafford Smith was once in cathedral choir composed the music for a song called To Anacreon in Heaven that Francis Scott Key used for the Star Spangled Banner
15:43 that at the end there is the tomb of Edward II, who ruled England from 1307 until 1327.
The cotswolds is beautiful.
8:41 that is what's known as a "folly" which is an architectural feature built to look at. They started to be built in the 1700s in the "romantic" period but the Victorians loved them and built them all the time on their estates. They were also a way of demonstrating wealth, because you were showing that you could throw away money having architects design and then construction companies build a building for you which had no use other than to look nice out of the windows of your house when you got up in the morning or were taking tea or eating a meal etc. The rich in that period in the UK didn't have much else to do, especially not the women.
My son and daughter -in-law, ( Londoners ) now children are at Uni....decided to go on long week/end trips....they found the Cotswolds and countryside in Wales absolutely stunning and peaceful ❤
Trouble is we take it for granted, like so many other beautiful places.
I love your responses.Your genuine delight is so uplifting.❤
Yes the Cotswolds is one of the loveliest regions in the UK. I would suggest a channel called the Cotswold Explorer, he makes short videos each about a town or village in the Cotswolds.
They should watch "This Country" ......🤦♂️
Wait till welfare seekers come and destroys it…
My parents lived in Bourton on the Water and my sister still lives not far away. The Cotswolds are beautiful but a word to the wise.... EVERYONE thinks that the Cotswolds are beautiful and so all visit at the same time.
Bourton on the Water was specifically designed to be pretty and the river was diverted and widened to give it the picturesque form that it has to this day.
Be aware that certain places get incredibly crowded, especially in summer and around public holidays. It's worth taking a look at some of the smaller villages instead.
(Also, as well as the cottages and beautiful villages, there is prehistory too. Take a look at the Rollright Stones which are one of my favourite places).
If you go to the Cotswolds, get yourself an OS Explorer map and walk some of the many public footpaths in the area and explore the landscape.
I prefer early spring or Autumn as Summer looks like a bun fight in certain places
@@terrym3837 You can't move in Bourton in high summer, there isn't even space on the grass by the river! My parents used to stock up groceries on bank holiday weekends as you couldn't get near the village.
Autumn or spring is much more civilised 😃
Yes, these are all villages/small towns. My Son lives near Boughton on the Water, although I've never seen it as 'quiet' as that and gets very busy in the Summer. Very idyllic and picture postcard England and yes relatively expensive to live there.
Looking forward to more like this, we have so much for you to explore .Great vid.
If you're reasonably fit, you could walk the Cotswold Way in 6-7 days fairly comfortably - without Sophia. You need to bear in mind there are pretty continuous hills to tackle. If one of you "backpacked" her, the other would be left hauling everyones' gear - though I think I've heard that there's a service that will transport your major luggage from one overnight stop to the next. If you chose to do the whole route with Sophia in tow, I reckon you'd need 9-10 days. Camping isn't necessary, there is plenty of pre-bookable accommodation along the way - pubs, inns and B+Bs.
You might want to look at a channel called "Off Day Adventures" - it's a young US couple who posted a really good vlog of their (6 day?) hike last Summer along the Cotswold Way.
Appreciate the tips! Will definitely look into that. :)
The car was a Rolls Royce Silver Ghost I think.
I don’t think there are many original locals who own the houses now because of city dwellers and internationals taking over after the older family members no longer live there. Tragic really but the young people don’t want the responsibility of looking after a listed building (Those listed building expenses again) the people who buy these houses can afford to look after them.
It's so lovely watching your emotional responses we really are lucky as you will find 100s of these types of villages in britain
11:06 there are plenty of heritage railways up and down the UK, mostly run by volunteers (most have a small number of paid staff to run the organisation and the volunteers do the track maintenance, booking duties, engineering, driving, guard (conductor)ing etc.