Hello from the glorious Cotswolds! Hi everyone! So many of you know by now that Jörg and I really
love the Cotswolds so we thought we would spend the day here to explore some charming villages
and little towns that we haven't seen before. Yeah. And which we think are not tourist hot
spots. Yes. You would, well, we would call them hidden gems. And we start here in Sheepscombe
which is a very tiny and charming village. It looks wonderful and it also has it says
a cricket field that is the most picturesque in the world so maybe we can find it.
Only one and a half miles from Sheepscombe you will find the Painswick Rococo Garden. Now
we've been to Painswick before but we haven't been to the rococo garden. And it's supposed
to be absolutely stunning. Yeah, it's a mid 18th century garden. Yes. And also the only surviving
and complete rococo garden in the whole of Britain so that's quite interesting. Okay,
now let's play a gentleman in 18th century. Well, then you have to get rid of me.
It says here that this is the so-called Eagle House
and this would have been the first building you encountered on entering
the garden in the 1700s. And you know what? I just said to Jörg that this would be
such a great office space.
Just imagine having a desk here and then this amazing view. Now this would be a dream.
And this is Painswick House. Such a stunning country house and the rococo garden was
basically designed to delight the guests coming to this house.
This garden is very different to what we usually see. It is. We really love it. It feels intimate,
cosy and it's a Saturday. It's not busy at all - no - so highly recommended.
Okay, time for a quick pit stop. We are here at a farm shop called Jolly Nice farm shop
which is such a great name. It comes highly recommended so we thought we would check it out.
And there's also a very special thing about this farm shop. It has a drive-through service
which seems to be quite popular. And the drive-through service is over there.
We should get these - yeah - gluten-free amaretti. Look at the packaging.
And this is what we bought. So this is a bread for Jörg, malthouse sourdough.
This is a lemon drizzle.
Um,
amaretti, gluten-free.
This is a risotto rice. Uh, we actually, we found white asparagus although this one
is tiny but we couldn't resist - no - because being German and all, we love white asparagus.
This is, these are drinks biscuits so quite interesting. And Jörg bought
wine - yeah - from uh, Cotswolds wine - Cotswolds wine - Woodchester Valley.
Sounds interesting. Yes. I bet it's good. It is. This farm shop is absolutely amazing.
We actually prefer it over Daylesford. And we're going to give the drive-through a test now.
So what do you want? Uh, cold drinks? I'm going to have a karma cola. Then I'm going
to have a salad, I'll have the coronation chicken salad and the triple cooked fries.
And you're you're going to have a burger? Yeah? I'll get the JNB burger. JNB burger? Okay.
Good. Now,
let's give it a go. This is the burger.
What was it called? JNB - jolly nice burger. Hmm. And well, unfortunately they didn't have
the coronation chicken salad anymore so this is just green salad and some fries.
Looks like we're in the wilderness. It does. We are in the Minchinhampton now,
a place we never had on our radar before. And obviously Princess Anne lives very nearby
and I think, yeah? We tried to get an invitation for tea but she, yeah, didn't respond. No. I mean
we're not important people but it's always worth trying.
Of course it's a joke but it would be, it would be amazing.
And we stopped at Rodborough Common which belongs to the National Trust. The whole area belongs to
the National Trust. And we wanted to check it out because you have the most amazing views
towards the Cotswolds countryside. It's really worth going for a walk. I was about to say
the huge building here almost looks like the estate of Princess Anne but I'm sure it's not.
And before we go home we just had to stop here at Bibury. Yeah because we had to visit Arlington
Row - yeah - which is what everybody thinks is Old England. Yes, quintessentially English,
very quirky and just beautiful. And it's probably not, well, not a hidden gem but
I think you just have to come here. This is Arlington Row, originally built in the
14th century, it's so old, but then in the 17th century converted into a row of weavers' cottages.
We just checked it on on the National Trust website and it's definitely this one.
And we think it's such a great place to stay.
It's quite busy during the day but as you can see lovely in the evening.
And that's a wrap. Unfortunately we have to get home. Yeah, it's late. It's very late. But we
hope you found some inspiration in case you're looking for ideas which places to visit. Yeah.
We had a wonderful day. We did. And we hope you liked the video. Thank you so much for watching.
And as always, see you again very soon so until next time. Bye. Bye. Bye bye.