The Cotswolds

[Gaylord du Bois]

Currently on holiday with Mrs Jockstrap down here in the Broadway area, what a beautiful part of the country.....any Bluemooners live in the area?

If you have never been, try it for your next holiday, you will not be disappointed.

Architectural Cotswold fact: The roofs are so steeply angled because of the weight of the traditional stone roof tiles. If they were angled in a more shallow fashion the roof would collapse under its own weight.

Is that the same for their mosques ?

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Yep , lucky enough to live within an hour of any of these places - downside is , it's a 12 hour £100 pound ( ticket + fare ) day to get to the Etihad.

 

[Pezzer2]

Just finished working on the railway line from Swindon to Kemble Station (close to Cirencester) Some gorgeous villages around there although a nightmare to drive around as most are single track roads.

 

[denislawsbackheel]

Northumberland is better.

Similar villages and countryside but without the overspill new build and council estates ruining everywhere.

 

[CTID1988]

Holiday in England? Do you want to borrow a few quid mate?

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Northumberland is better.

Similar villages and countryside but without the overspill new build and council estates ruining everywhere.

There is some home building going on round here , but none of it is council estates and it's all sympathetic with existing architecture,and the climate is much better than anywhere in the country - except London - but who would want live there?
Sunshine on Cotswold stone is very beautiful.

 

[unicorn]

Pubs generally good but beer rubbish - try Donningtons and tell me i'm wrong. The area south of Stroud, close to Forest Green FC, is wonderful.

 

[Bodicoteblue]

Pubs generally good but beer rubbish - try Donningtons and tell me i'm wrong. The area south of Stroud, close to Forest Green FC, is wonderful.

Have you tried Hook Norton beers - definitely not rubbish!

 

[1961_vintage]

Currently on holiday with Mrs Jockstrap down here in the Broadway area, what a beautiful part of the country.....any Bluemooners live in the area?

You're absolutely right - just a bit of a nause getting to City sometimes!

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Pubs generally good but beer rubbish - try Donningtons and tell me i'm wrong. The area south of Stroud, close to Forest Green FC, is wonderful.

Have you tried Hook Norton beers - definitely not rubbish!

I hear Wayne Rooney's a big fan of Old Hooky.