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The ultimate guide to the Cotswolds: Our writer has visited this much-loved region more than 100 times. Here are her top tips for where to stay, what villages to see... and the ones to avoid
I admit I haven't always been a Cotswolds fan. In fact, when my brother and sister-in-law announced they were moving in search of bucolic bliss and a free-range childhood for my then two-year-old nephew, I was distraught.
In London, we lived ten minutes from each other and I would often collect the little one from nursery or take him to the swings in St James's Park. The country just seemed too far away – no matter how smart it was, how many Soho Houses it might have and whatever the Beckhams might think.