Cotswolds - what to do?

[PositronicRay]

Welshbeef said:

blingybongy said:

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

Marlborough

Righto

[PositronicRay]

GT4P said:

PositronicRay said:

I'll have to have a squint at my map, where do you pick up the Willersey end of the path?

Much livestock on that path?

ETA

New Inn or the bell end for post walk pint?

Edited by PositronicRay on Sunday 11th October 10:22

You can park up in Willersey high street then walk up to Farncombe via road then across the Estate past Fish Hotel come out to the road then do right up to fish hill walk up through the woods parallel to the road and where you come out you cross the road through some more woods to the tower then down hill to Broadway , walk up to end of high street turn left by post box in wall then walk under A44 you can then do a left along lane to main road into Willersey or go straight across fields back up to fish restaurant.There is also a nice walk by Willersey church up to Saintbury then cross road and continue through fields and wood land (dovers hill)that brings you out on the Willersey to Campden road then back down hill to the Bell for a beer. Problem is apart from weekends is it is closed between 3pm to 6 pm.

Thx.

I just dug my map out, it only goes as far as "subbige" I'll order a new one and explore.

[anonymous-user]

fatboy b said:

GT4P said:

Fusion777 said:

Daylesford farm shop!

Complete rip off.

And poor quality meat. Twice the price for for half the quality.

I can't agree with that. Their beef is excellent. I'm not sure where you would suggest for better quality, high welfare meat.

[fatboy b]

01WE01 said:

fatboy b said:

GT4P said:

Fusion777 said:

Daylesford farm shop!

Complete rip off.

And poor quality meat. Twice the price for for half the quality.

I can't agree with that. Their beef is excellent. I'm not sure where you would suggest for better quality, high welfare meat.

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!

[Wacky Racer]

GT4P said:

s2sol said:

Wacky Racer said:

Evesham worth a visit,

I live a couple of miles outside Evesham, and I'd struggle to describe it as worth a visit. In fact, I'll go out on a limb, and say it's a sthole.

Likewise, get the impression that it was probably nice 20 years ago but like many market towns gone down the pan! Most certainly would not recommend a visit!

If Evesham's a sthole what does that make Basingstoke, Skelmersdale and Stevenage?

[Chlorothalonil]

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.

Sounds ideal if people like you don't like it 😀

[super7]

Hook Norton Brewery
Donnington Brewery
Cotswold Distillery

(Hooky is not technically the Cotswolds though... missess by about 1/2 mile :-) )

Best time to visit the cotswolds is in the winter... Bourton-on-the-water is like the Blackpool of the cotswolds in the summer.

Sudeley Castle in winchcombe is stunning and is the burial place of Catherine Parr.... and Prescott hillclimb. Both near Cheltenham.

Dalyesford is everything thats wrong with Neuveaue Riche...

Falkland Arms has some interesting locals....

[anonymous-user]

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.

[s2sol]

Wacky Racer said:

If Evesham's a sthole what does that make Basingstoke, Skelmersdale and Stevenage?

Since none of them are anywhere near the Cotswolds and nobody has suggested them as a place to visit near the Cotswolds, in a thread about the Cotswolds, who gives a st?

[Wacky Racer]

s2sol said:

Wacky Racer said:

If Evesham's a sthole what does that make Basingstoke, Skelmersdale and Stevenage?

Since none of them are anywhere near the Cotswolds and nobody has suggested them as a place to visit near the Cotswolds, in a thread about the Cotswolds, who gives a st?

Well I like Evesham anyway....

[s2sol]

Wacky Racer said:

Well I like Evesham anyway....

Good to hear. What's your favourite thing about it?

[s2sol]

Wacky Racer said:

Well I like Evesham anyway....

Good to hear. What's your favourite thing about it?

[Wacky Racer]

s2sol said:

Wacky Racer said:

Well I like Evesham anyway....

Good to hear. What's your favourite thing about it?

That shop that sells all those miniature toy soldiers....

[s2sol]

Wacky Racer said:

That shop that sells all those miniature toy soldiers....

Yeah, there is that.

[blingybongy]

Chlorothalonil said:

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.

Sounds ideal if people like you don't like it ??

I live in the Peak District, which knocks the sodding Cotswolds into a cocked hat.
Plus has the added advantage of having something to do.

[PositronicRay]

blingybongy said:

Chlorothalonil said:

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.

Sounds ideal if people like you don't like it ??

I live in the Peak District, which knocks the sodding Cotswolds into a cocked hat.
Plus has the added advantage of having something to do.

Well balanced, a chip on both shoulders.

[blingybongy]

PositronicRay said:

Well balanced, a chip on both shoulders.

Your comment makes no sense but i thank you all the same for your input.

[GT4P]

Wacky Racer said:

s2sol said:

Wacky Racer said:

If Evesham's a sthole what does that make Basingstoke, Skelmersdale and Stevenage?

Since none of them are anywhere near the Cotswolds and nobody has suggested them as a place to visit near the Cotswolds, in a thread about the Cotswolds, who gives a st?

Well I like Evesham anyway....

I think sh*thole was a little harsh to describe Evesham it's more drab and tired looking with some of the local population on the high street looking the same, there is obviously people with some kind of wealth due to some of the lovely properties to the north and easterly edge of the town but I would say they and the beautiful people shop elsewhere. As said I think 20 plus years ago it was most likely a nice place to live but that is like a lot of places up and down the country where the high streets have had it tough!

[LordGrover]

01WE01 said:

They think they are for marketing and, if people who live there think they are, they are saying it make themselves feel better. Its like Warrington being "Cheshire". Cirencester, Cheltenham, Stroud etc. aren't Cotswolds either.

Cotswolds is AONB only. I have never heard the term "Cotswold Hills" used. Anyone can edit Wikipedia. Not that there is anything particularly special about most of the AONB anyway.

Edited by 01WE01 on Sunday 11th October 15:46

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.

[JohnClancy]

Cotswold Classic Motor Hub near Bibury is well worth a visit - plenty of cool cars located at the old airfield.