I’ll admit it.  I was a bit nervous that I had built the Cotswolds up so much in my mind before this trip that the actual experience may not live up to my expectations.  It has been exactly the opposite.  Every time I turn a corner into another village, I think, “This is exactly what I pictured in my mind.”  Now I understand why the British use words like “lovely” and “charming”.  They are the only words that can begin to do justice to places like this.

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