Wandering through the Cotswolds

We got up on a Saturday morning in March (yes, that’s how far behind I am on the blog:)) and rented a car to drive to the Cotswolds. The Cotswolds are a range of hills in southwestern England filled with little villages, breath taking views and thousands of sheep. Our first stop of the day was in the little village of Burford. It’s actually a bigger village according to the areas standards, but was still very small. It had a picture perfect main street that was filled with unique little shops and restaurants. The even have a street called Sheep Street! We browsed up and down the street and did some shopping. After working up an appetite we headed to a little French bistro that was wonderful. After lunch we took a short walk on a nearby nature path before heading to our next stop.

The beauty of the Cotswolds is that you don’t have to know or care where you are going because any little village you stumble upon is filled with its own perfection. We explored Burton-on-the-Water next. Once again, we found a picturesque little village with a river running through the center of town. We browsed the numerous shops and took another walk around the edge of the village that revealed beautiful views of the hills and wildlife.

We drove through several more small, quaint villages before arriving at our B&B for the night. We arrived around 5pm and took a stroll around the area before winding up at the local pub to watch the final game in the Six Nations Rugby Tournament and have dinner. The local atmosphere and the local fare were equally enjoyable and satisfying! We headed back to our B&B (across the street!) and Skyped with some family and friends before falling asleep to the Badger Basketball game…yes, you heard me! Even traveling through the English countryside does not diminish our love and support of the Badgers!

On Sunday we continued our journey through the Cotswolds by starting off at the Broadway Tower. It’s a tower on top of hill in the middle of nowhere. We went to the top of it and found amazing views of the English countryside and sheep. Everywhere we looked there were sheep. There were walking trails all around the tower and we got to walk among tons of sheep; I can’t tell you how much this made my day!

We continued wandering through the countryside exploring the little villages and beautiful views when we stumbled upon a large field full of baby lambs with their mamas. It was even better than walking through all the sheep earlier in the day! We got out of the car and watched them run around and play. If you’ve never seen a baby lamb run, you should! It is really adorable! There are lots of videos on Youtube. There wasn’t much that could top this experience for me so we made our way back to London.