It seems to me that the average American moan about the size of our roads , we do not want our countryside covered by tarmac we like these types of roads and our beautiful countryside
Well done joe, I have driven in The United States, so I knows it’s hard work the other way round, so to speak. In these old villages they are part of the landscape rather than put into it, as with modern housing.
@@shannonkacik2571ondon has less rain than New York , Rome , Chicago and Paris , it's just God thought I'll not do like elsewhere when rain comes down heavily , I'll make it gentle and spread it over one or two days so the grass and flowers absorb the goodness. You have mentioned the streams being very clear , I think the reason is that they are chalk streams ( water comes up through the chalk ) and are great for trout etc . England has approximately 75% of the worlds chalk streams , but you'll have to ask Google to make sure
That is my neck of the woods, I bought my first home in Shipston on Stour, with is the next town to Moreton in Marsh, and not far from Chipping Camden. I used to visit Stow, Borton on the Water and Broadway regularly. When first driving in the US, near Houston, I found it equally disconcerting due to being so close to the concrete central reservation.
Many hedges/hedgerows in the countryside are protected as many are centuries old and can date back to medieval times. The flora/fauna and biodiversity is important to preserve. Lovely video!
I think this is why the British are very good at motorsports. The roads are like a circuit and challenge on their own even to the most experienced driver. These little roads are all over Britain, yet Britain has a very good record of car crash deaths as a country and ultimately has good drivers. Considering how treacherous the roads are.
The reason many cars are parked by the side of the road is a consequence of all the long history the US tourists love. Many UK houses are so old that they pre date the motor car so when the houses were built, they were obviously never built for home owners to have cars. Cars were a later invention. An example is a house near to where I live that was built in the 1400s. Though it is a big house, it was never built with a driveway or garage. It is a listed building so only very limited alterations can be made by law.
@@shannonkacik2571if you ever drive along narrow roads and suddenly the sides of the road goes high up it's proof that you are on a drovers road ( bit like Clint Eastwood in Raw Hide but a lot narrower ) , the drovers used them to take cattle , sheep , pigs , ducks etc to market for hundreds of years but generally had to keep to the edge of the fields due to the owners not being nice , most disappeared when roads were made " better " but they are still around on the narrow roads.
That'll be the River Eye - it's not actually chalk stream, as the Cotswolds is mainly limestone country, but the water is certainly as clear as what you'd see in a chalk stream. In both limestone and chalk areas the water comes out of the ground having been filtered through layers of rock, which is why the water comes out so crystal clear.
Many of the managed waterways in the South-West are in that form for the purpose of washing wool and wool cloth. That water is ideal, and gets the lanolin off the wool, not always easily done in another county's water.
@@stevetheduck1425 Round our way in Hampshire on the Test and the Itchen it’s all about trout fishing and watercress growing, as the clarity and ph balance of the chalk streams are ideal for both.
im lucky enough to have grown up in the cotswolds and still live there it all daily scenery to me the small roads are great when you are used to them and it kind of worries me this is the first time youve seen clear water in a stream or river hope you had a nice time
@@shannonkacik2571 some of those country roads are so narrow, they’re difficult enough for locals so you were brave to give them a go! Been following all your trips here in the UK, it’s good to see how tourists view our beautiful countryside and hopefully realise its not just the big cities that are interesting and historic. Hope to see you back again:)
Once you've passed your driving test here in the UK, you soon get used to driving along the single track roads with passing places. Sometimes though it does get frustrating when other cars (if they are nearest to the pull in) have no intention of reversing back to the passing place making you reverse instead. Gets worse when you meet large farm vehicles coming towards you 😂. Hope you enjoyed your visit to the UK. I live up in NW England
As a local, I often take drives or rides out on my motorbike to revisit and explore the Cotswolds. We never take it for granted. Thank you for coming, such an enjoyable video.
Beautiful video. I live in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds and have rarely seen it on film looking as lovely as you get it here. The River Coln at Bibury has big trout swimming in it. I don't know if you spent time in Woodstock and walked around Blenheim Park too? Disappointly the Park is a bit disrupted at the moment as they're dredging the lake as it's so silted. By the way I'm impressed you managed to park at Bladon to see Churchill's grave, the church is really out of the way. I'm glad you had such beautiful weather, if you'd come here after the start of July you wouldn't have got those big blue skies.
I can see how long drives in the countryside would be a great way to grow accustomed to driving on the proper wrong side! Your pronunciation of place names is so cute.
Well done on the video. It's clear that you have a strong appreciation for the beauty of the places you visited. I hope you don't mind if I make a couple of corrections. I live in Moreton-in-Marsh, and often hear visitors refer to it as 'Moreton-in-the-Marsh' or 'Moreton-on-(the-)Marsh' - so I know it causes a bit of confusion. Also, the name 'Bourton' (as in both Bourton-on-the-Hill and Bourton on-the-Water) is pronounced 'Borton' rather than 'Burton'. Finally, the church in Stow is St Edward's Church, not St Peter's.
The Cotswolds are so beautiful and this isnt having a dig at tourists after all tourism is a major part of its economy but can you imagine what it was like living there before tourism was a thing?
I`d far rather live in an old house here in England than a new one. The old houses were so solidly built. i`d never buy a new build here. In a new build, if next door`s dog barked it would make your teapots rattle, they are so flimsy. Plus some old houses were originally parish churches, the vast majority of which are at least 550 years old and are as solid as they were the year in which they were completed.
Property prices per square foot there are among the most expensive in the world. Rupert Murdoch and family own a number of homes in the area (including a river island).
I googled it prices started at 250k and houses are much more expensive near London here I googled it and London is the most expensive house prices in uk harpenden took the top spot near me in the south east which is the most expensive area 🏴
In our old red EU Passports that ran out in January, inside the front cover is an image of Bibury, in our new Passports there is a very faint image of the UK
Seems such a pity to get a car and then go to all the honeypot places. You had the opportunity to get to the 'real' Cotswolds. Or indeed the real anywhere else.
@@clairenoon4070 Why is that? people want to see beautiful areas, like the Cotswolds, The Lake District, parts of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset etc.. Doesn't make them anyless 'real'
@@EmilyS-28 This is a fairly simple concept. When I leave my house, there aren't dozens of cars and tour buses parked up nearby, and hundreds of tourists wandering about taking photos and filming. When my sister leaves her house, in a quiet Cumbria village on the edge of the Lake District, she also doesn't experience this. Because this is the normal, vast majority of Britain. Visitors could so easily go to hundreds of other Lakeland towns and villages (there's a train station in my sister's village), but they stick to Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick etc. And then feel disappointed about the number of tourists. Just the same with the Cotswolds. The same old, same old places. It's not even as though other places are inaccessible; there are a couple of dozen train stations in the Cotswolds, and dozens more bus services. There are whole counties in the UK that visitors from overseas rarely set foot in.
@@clairenoon4070 Because the Cotswolds and parts of the Lake District, Cornwall etc are popular hot spots through promotion, There is also parts of the Cotswolds which are quiet. I also live in a fairly quiet seaside town on the East Coast which only when its really hot does it get busy, i agree there is also loads of lovely areas that tourists could explore they need to be promoted more like the Cotswolds are, if they want loads of tourists? if that happens will they end up just the same way as the Cotswolds with hundreds of tourists turning up taking photos? people should explore other areas too but not by running other areas down imo.
England's green and pleasant land!
Turning into a black and brown one.
It seems to me that the average American moan about the size of our roads , we do not want our countryside covered by tarmac we like these types of roads and our beautiful countryside
Gorgeous area with lovely countryside
Those trees by the church door are Yew trees, they are called “The eternal tree” they can live several thousand years.
The SHIRE part of UK names is pronounced the same as you would say New Hampshire. It’s more like Sher instead of Shyer 🙂👍
or "sheer".
Downtown Chipping Norton is not a phrase you hear every day! Glad you enjoyed your trip to this very green & pleasant part of the country🇬🇧👍🇺🇸
We loved it! Thanks so much for watching.
The countryside beats any filthy city, pity we can’t go back a few hundred years🤙 enjoyed your video, thank you😃🇬🇧
Loved the bird song. So relaxing.
Being born and bred here you sometimes forget just how beautiful Britain is.
Absolutely lovely! We can’t wait to visit again
Yeah and we constantly moan and grumble and i think ROGER WATERS described us perfectly and he said it's "The English way" Lols
Well done joe, I have driven in The United States, so I knows it’s hard work the other way round, so to speak. In these old villages they are part of the landscape rather than put into it, as with modern housing.
Thanks!
One of the loveliest videos of the Cotswolds I have seen and it was so nice to hear the birdsong. You had beautiful weather for your trip.
We were sooooo lucky with the weather. We can’t wait to visit again!
@@shannonkacik2571ondon has less rain than New York , Rome , Chicago and Paris , it's just God thought I'll not do like elsewhere when rain comes down heavily , I'll make it gentle and spread it over one or two days so the grass and flowers absorb the goodness.
You have mentioned the streams being very clear , I think the reason is that they are chalk streams ( water comes up through the chalk ) and are great for trout etc . England has approximately 75% of the worlds chalk streams , but you'll have to ask Google to make sure
Watch RICK STEVES in the Cotswolds you'll definitely love that..
That is my neck of the woods, I bought my first home in Shipston on Stour, with is the next town to Moreton in Marsh, and not far from Chipping Camden. I used to visit Stow, Borton on the Water and Broadway regularly.
When first driving in the US, near Houston, I found it equally disconcerting due to being so close to the concrete central reservation.
Many hedges/hedgerows in the countryside are protected as many are centuries old and can date back to medieval times. The flora/fauna and biodiversity is important to preserve. Lovely video!
Thank you so much for watching!
I think this is why the British are very good at motorsports. The roads are like a circuit and challenge on their own even to the most experienced driver. These little roads are all over Britain, yet Britain has a very good record of car crash deaths as a country and ultimately has good drivers. Considering how treacherous the roads are.
Good point! Thanks for watching.
…great vid… looks like you had a fab time…
So wonderful!
Great video, thanks for sharing . New friend here from Canada 🇨🇦. Have a great day .
Thanks so much for watching!
Your welcome 🌸.
The lovely Cotswolds, thank you for your video i enjoyed it.
Thank you so much for watching!
The reason many cars are parked by the side of the road is a consequence of all the long history the US tourists love. Many UK houses are so old that they pre date the motor car so when the houses were built, they were obviously never built for home owners to have cars. Cars were a later invention. An example is a house near to where I live that was built in the 1400s. Though it is a big house, it was never built with a driveway or garage. It is a listed building so only very limited alterations can be made by law.
Thanks so much for the info!! And thanks for watching!
@@shannonkacik2571if you ever drive along narrow roads and suddenly the sides of the road goes high up it's proof that you are on a drovers road ( bit like Clint Eastwood in Raw Hide but a lot narrower ) , the drovers used them to take cattle , sheep , pigs , ducks etc to market for hundreds of years but generally had to keep to the edge of the fields due to the owners not being nice , most disappeared when roads were made " better " but they are still around on the narrow roads.
well done, too many people just go to london
I believe that the water is so clear because it is a typical chalk stream where all the water is filtered before surfacing from underground springs.
That'll be the River Eye - it's not actually chalk stream, as the Cotswolds is mainly limestone country, but the water is certainly as clear as what you'd see in a chalk stream. In both limestone and chalk areas the water comes out of the ground having been filtered through layers of rock, which is why the water comes out so crystal clear.
Many of the managed waterways in the South-West are in that form for the purpose of washing wool and wool cloth.
That water is ideal, and gets the lanolin off the wool, not always easily done in another county's water.
@@stevetheduck1425 Round our way in Hampshire on the Test and the Itchen it’s all about trout fishing and watercress growing, as the clarity and ph balance of the chalk streams are ideal for both.
It’s not easy driving in a country you don’t know, on the other side of the road. Well done.
Glad you enjoyed your stay where I live in the Cotswolds! Just subscribed.
I Love England , Cotswolds is fantastic ❤❤❤
Have you been???
im lucky enough to have grown up in the cotswolds and still live there it all daily scenery to me the small roads are great when you are used to them and it kind of worries me this is the first time youve seen clear water in a stream or river hope you had a nice time
We loved our visit and can’t wait to come back!
Do you like fly fishing?
That’s not a narrow road, just a country lane!!!! Great bit of driving, well done
Thanks so much for watching!
I was in Bourton recently. The little foot bridges over the river make people look like giants.
It’s absolutely beautiful, thank you for sharing your amazing trip to the UK ! 😊❤
And thank you for watching. We had a splendid time!!!
@@shannonkacik2571 some of those country roads are so narrow, they’re difficult enough for locals so you were brave to give them a go! Been following all your trips here in the UK, it’s good to see how tourists view our beautiful countryside and hopefully realise its not just the big cities that are interesting and historic. Hope to see you back again:)
I’m lucky enough to live here.
And there’s PLENTY of beautiful places in Britain…..I live in Upper Teesdale which is stunning..😊🇬🇧
Why have you got to be lucky to live there???
Once you've passed your driving test here in the UK, you soon get used to driving along the single track roads with passing places. Sometimes though it does get frustrating when other cars (if they are nearest to the pull in) have no intention of reversing back to the passing place making you reverse instead. Gets worse when you meet large farm vehicles coming towards you 😂. Hope you enjoyed your visit to the UK. I live up in NW England
We loved it and can’t wait to visit again. Thanks for watching!
As a local, I often take drives or rides out on my motorbike to revisit and explore the Cotswolds. We never take it for granted. Thank you for coming, such an enjoyable video.
The village passing through after visiting Churchills grave is Woodstock, ps pleased you enjoyed our small roads 😬😂👍
well done guys, glad you enjoyed our country and my birth place oxfordshire
Beautiful video. I live in the Gloucestershire Cotswolds and have rarely seen it on film looking as lovely as you get it here. The River Coln at Bibury has big trout swimming in it. I don't know if you spent time in Woodstock and walked around Blenheim Park too? Disappointly the Park is a bit disrupted at the moment as they're dredging the lake as it's so silted. By the way I'm impressed you managed to park at Bladon to see Churchill's grave, the church is really out of the way. I'm glad you had such beautiful weather, if you'd come here after the start of July you wouldn't have got those big blue skies.
Well done, driving on small UK roads can be challenging and requires excellent spatial awareness to pass other cars within a foot or so.
its legal to park on the road, if its no double yellow lines. Its illegal to park on the pavement and yellow lines. Unless you have a disability badge
@tomogochi Wrong on so many points 😒
I can see how long drives in the countryside would be a great way to grow accustomed to driving on the proper wrong side!
Your pronunciation of place names is so cute.
Hi what a great video please move to the uk
Hope you enjoy your holiday here in the U.K.
I enjoyed watching this video. .sounds like the bird followed you around
Thanks so much for watching!
Blenheim is pronounced Blen-am
Those are Chalk Streams, that's why they are so clear.
Thanks so much for the information!
Still cant fathom why so many people dont go just a couple hours out of london to this.
I never knew that Churchill was buried there. I thought he was in Westminster abbey. Thanks for the history lesson guys
We were surprised to learn that as well. Thanks so much for watching!!
Yew trees were venerated by the Druids in pre-Christian times, but also planted in Christian churches
Well done on the video. It's clear that you have a strong appreciation for the beauty of the places you visited. I hope you don't mind if I make a couple of corrections. I live in Moreton-in-Marsh, and often hear visitors refer to it as 'Moreton-in-the-Marsh' or 'Moreton-on-(the-)Marsh' - so I know it causes a bit of confusion. Also, the name 'Bourton' (as in both Bourton-on-the-Hill and Bourton on-the-Water) is pronounced 'Borton' rather than 'Burton'. Finally, the church in Stow is St Edward's Church, not St Peter's.
Thanks so much for your kind words and information. I appreciate you watching!!!
@@shannonkacik2571 You're very welcome.
The Cotswolds are so beautiful and this isnt having a dig at tourists after all tourism is a major part of its economy but can you imagine what it was like living there before tourism was a thing?
Yup..300,000 a year people knocking at your door asking can they have a tour of your house/cottage and taking photos through your windows.. Hell
Great video on a beautiful area but i had to laugh at your description of the small roads. They are big generous sized roads by UK standards.
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My finance and I are heading rgere for the weekend on my birthday 🎉can't wait
Enjoy!!!!
another little bit of history the 4 poster bed was made so the insects from thatched roofs did not fall on you while you was sleeping
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I`d far rather live in an old house here in England than a new one. The old houses were so solidly built. i`d never buy a new build here. In a new build, if next door`s dog barked it would make your teapots rattle, they are so flimsy. Plus some old houses were originally parish churches, the vast majority of which are at least 550 years old and are as solid as they were the year in which they were completed.
the tractor lanes you drove down in this are alot better at night time you see the headlights coming before the vehicle way safer at night
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Where this door and tree located
Property prices per square foot there are among the most expensive in the world. Rupert Murdoch and family own a number of homes in the area (including a river island).
It was all so lovely. Thanks so much for watching!
I googled it prices started at 250k and houses are much more expensive near London here I googled it and London is the most expensive house prices in uk harpenden took the top spot near me in the south east which is the most expensive area 🏴
Loved this video but the first page of a British Passport is the map of Cardiff, there is no Cotswolds in there but great vidya
In our old red EU Passports that ran out in January, inside the front cover is an image of Bibury, in our new Passports there is a very faint image of the UK
Whats vidya???
Blen-em, not Blenheim.
Thanks for the information, and thank you for watching!
Did you really pronounce Blenheim as Bline-hime. It's Ble-num.
Who cares if she's mispronounced it..
It's pronounced HUNDAY not HUNDIE
They only claim its the prettiest village in the COTSWOLDS because a painter/poet said it many moons ago but theres villages way better than bibury..
A ‘road trip’ in England would take a few hours - it’s so small.
A very intelligent and well informed comment
Hours. SERIOUSLY.
@@terrycurzon1318 😂😂
That speaks volumes from someone with an EUSSR rag. Yet so desperate to have us funding you. Funny that🤔
Are you kidding! There speaks someone who has absolutely no idea of their geography.
Seems such a pity to get a car and then go to all the honeypot places. You had the opportunity to get to the 'real' Cotswolds. Or indeed the real anywhere else.
Not a pity at all its a lovely area, they aren't real? seemed real to me when i have been.
@@EmilyS-28 The real Britain isn't absolutely rammed with tourists.
@@clairenoon4070 Why is that? people want to see beautiful areas, like the Cotswolds, The Lake District, parts of Devon, Cornwall, Dorset etc.. Doesn't make them anyless 'real'
@@EmilyS-28 This is a fairly simple concept. When I leave my house, there aren't dozens of cars and tour buses parked up nearby, and hundreds of tourists wandering about taking photos and filming. When my sister leaves her house, in a quiet Cumbria village on the edge of the Lake District, she also doesn't experience this. Because this is the normal, vast majority of Britain. Visitors could so easily go to hundreds of other Lakeland towns and villages (there's a train station in my sister's village), but they stick to Ambleside, Grasmere, Keswick etc. And then feel disappointed about the number of tourists.
Just the same with the Cotswolds. The same old, same old places. It's not even as though other places are inaccessible; there are a couple of dozen train stations in the Cotswolds, and dozens more bus services.
There are whole counties in the UK that visitors from overseas rarely set foot in.
@@clairenoon4070 Because the Cotswolds and parts of the Lake District, Cornwall etc are popular hot spots through promotion, There is also parts of the Cotswolds which are quiet. I also live in a fairly quiet seaside town on the East Coast which only when its really hot does it get busy, i agree there is also loads of lovely areas that tourists could explore they need to be promoted more like the Cotswolds are, if they want loads of tourists? if that happens will they end up just the same way as the Cotswolds with hundreds of tourists turning up taking photos? people should explore other areas too but not by running other areas down imo.