Cotswolds - what to do?

[fatboy b]

01WE01 said:

fatboy b said:

Best beef I’ve had is from Barry the Butcher in Stratford. Knocks Daylesford produce for 6. Daylesford are also extremely arrogant and snobby if you dare complain. Rip off is exactly right. But don’t let me stop you wasting your money!

I'll give Barry a try and report back. Though his website says nothing concrete about the sourcing of the meat or the welfare.

Also, I have found daylesford very helpful if there is ever an issue. The butcher there is excellent, and the coffee, and the selection of organic salamis and their own black ham.

I get there is a lot of overpriced crap for tourists and people who travel from miles around for "the experiance" but the produce is generally excellent quality, and it has free car charging points, and a good selection of fresh cookies and brownies. The trick is to go on a weekday morning.

We get fillet steaks regularly. Unsure about the sourcing, but they supply many restaurants in Stratford, so will have a reputation to uphold. I had a sirloin steak and a roast beef rib (not same day ) in 33 The Scullery recently. They use Barry too and the beef was as good as the fillet steaks. They cut like butter. I know of no other place that supplies beef that good in the area. We regularly use other butchers and until earlier this year - Daylesford. None are as good.

As for free charging points, a 5.0 SC Jag doesn’t need them

Edited by fatboy b on Monday 12th October 19:01

[troika]

Pretty but too bloody busy for me in the north. Worth a trip to the south Cotswolds, Tetbury, Minchinhampton. There’s a fantastic fish restaurant in Nailsworth (Williams) that’s worth a visit (if you like fish!).

[anonymous-user]

blingybongy said:

Welshbeef said:

blingybongy said:

Go somewhere else.
Unless you like looking at chocolate box villages there is fk all to do.

Cotswold Wildlife Park
Slimbridge - bird sanctuary
Naturally the horse racing
Countless amazing walks in the countryside
Cotswold Motoring Museum & Toy Collection
Blenheim Palace
Bird land
Model village
Marlborough

As I said, fk all.

The expert on Cotswold tourism
Aptly named .. Wibble Wobble
Figures

[Audis5b9]

Thank you all for suggestions.

It's been amusing seeing what has come out on here.

Clearly you either love it or hate it!

Will report back, off tomorrow.

[skilly1]

This is a nice walk - sorry can’t rotate!

[David Beer]

troika said:

Pretty but too bloody busy for me in the north. Worth a trip to the south Cotswolds, Tetbury, Minchinhampton. There’s a fantastic fish restaurant in Nailsworth (Williams) that’s worth a visit (if you like fish!).

Quite agree with Williams, been many times.
Cotswold water park has some great walks, cycle paths through the lakes. We can cycle for 3 minutes on a single track lane , then into the gravel cycle paths and pop up at the pub 25 mins later !

[Glosphil]

David Beer said:

Quite agree with Williams, been many times.
Cotswold water park has some great walks, cycle paths through the lakes. We can cycle for 3 minutes on a single track lane , then into the gravel cycle paths and pop up at the pub 25 mins later !

I live 5 minutes walk from Williams Kitchen but never been! Has a reputation for being expensive.
2-in-1 pies at the Weighbridge pub on Nailsworth to Avening road worth a try. Also less than 2 miles from Minchinhampton.

[Fusion777]

Old Lodge at Minchinhampton is decent too for food if you're in that area. Williams used to do a good brownie

[Audis5b9]

Just to tie this thread up, we had a great time exploring a lot of the places mentioned on the thread.

Highlights were broadway tower, lower slaughter, broadway, Burford, Daylesford farm (excellent beef), Dormy House, Bourton on the water, stow on the wold.

The north end of The Cotswolds seems much more upmarket, we went down to Castle Combe (beautiful) but other than that it wasn't as impressive as the north.

Everywhere was relatively quiet, so was very pleasant to stroll around the villages. I imagine in peak summer it could be pretty busy.

[mooseracer]

LordGrover said:

I live a fair way South of what I consider the Cotswolds 'proper', but Chipping Sodbury is at the edge of the Cotswold escarpment so some consider us in the Cotswolds.
There's feck-all here though, so don't waste your time and fuel OP.

Posh then? Yate here

[LordGrover]

mooseracer said:

LordGrover said:

I live a fair way South of what I consider the Cotswolds 'proper', but Chipping Sodbury is at the edge of the Cotswold escarpment so some consider us in the Cotswolds.
There's feck-all here though, so don't waste your time and fuel OP.

Posh then? Yate here

I too was once a member of the Hoi Polloi; Ash Close and Rectory Close.

[A205GTI]

I live just on the edge south west edge of the cotswolds, wouldn't live anywhere else.

if you know where to go and when to go it is easy to avoid the crowds

Ie avoid Bourton and all around there Bibury is only good for 1st thing in a morning.

Lots to do and see