Oh my word! Best comment on this video! I love it!!! Funny, I mentioned to Ian last night that Gerry hadn’t watched my video yet. I’m glad you watched it today, your comment was worth the wait! 😂 Cheers! XX Dara
Fun and interesting tour and history lesson. Some beautiful scenery and alway good to work in some “magenta” flowers!! We think of you guys now whenever we see magenta flowers now. 🤣 Thanks for sharing. John and Bev
My jaw dropping moment: Tree trunk Castle. Wow! GORGEOUS and clever. Haha Orios. Oh Dara you do make me laugh. The dutch name for that breed cow is Lakenvelders. Laken=sheet, veld-field. When I looked it up it said: Lakenvelders=Dutch Belted! I learned something new. That white patch so looks like a white sheet draped over the cow. I'm afraid I'll now see Orios. 😂😂😂😂😂😂! I'm ever so grateful for my Covid free travel moments in the Cotswolds. Always a treasured moment while enjoying a lovely coffee. Thank you for my moment. 💖 🙏 🇳🇱 🙋♀️🇳🇿
You are so sweet, Anita! Thanks for your comment. The "Oreo cows" as I call them are actually a Scottish breed called Belted Galloway. I first saw them several years ago and have been a big fan ever since! The tree trunk castle was very interesting... tucked into a delightful woodland walk. That's why Rococo Gardens are unique, as they are a crazy ramble full of intriguing little discoveries! I'm so glad we can share each other's covid-free travel adventures! Cheers! XX Dara
This video is a great advertisement for the concept of 'Slow Travel' where you spend extended time in an area and savour all that it has to offer. It's lovely to see all these places that aren't on the main Cottswold Tourist trail.
Thanks so much for saying that. I do REALLY love the concept of slow travel. And our summer was a combination of slow travel and insanely fast travel, to be honest! We were fortunate to spend months in Cheltenham, on the border of our beloved Cotswolds. BUT... when we went on our "Northern Expedition" we also had the other end of the spectrum. For example, 4 hours to tour Edinburgh! As you can tell from that vlog, we were very rushed, and I wished we had much more time there! Thanks so much for your comment! Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels Slow travel is something that I've learnt to do especially in the UK. We (well realistically I!) choose an area to spend time in, I just explore small sections rather than checking off every tourist site in the UK. I did that as a young backpacker with my 7 day Britrail pass where I travelled as far north as Aberdeen seeing more eastern towns, then across to Glasgow and down seeing more western towns. I can't say I remember all that much about the trip except for the trains!
@@theresabigwideworld2632 I totally understand what you mean! I always scold people who say they want to go to Italy and in the space of a week want to see Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, and everything in between! I tell them all that they are going to do is spend the whole trip travelling from one place to another😂
Whoah, you are very lucky to have grown up in Painswick! Did they have a supermarket or any actual grocery stores back then? That's one thing that would make it difficult for me to live there now.... we did look at buying a place in Gyde House 5 years ago before we bought out flat in Cheltenham!
We watched this last night. We are trying to decide which our favourite Cotswold village is so far! They are all beautiful. There’s a charm about this one with it not being full of cafes and shops. Loved it 🍻
Bless your cotton socks! Thanks for watching! I agree... I love the little quiet villages. And then popping by one with a pub or shops to break up the day!
Blimey! Black cows with white bands around them! Now, none of the bovine specimens in the fields next to us is decorated so symmetrically! Thank you - yet again - for a really interesting peregrination around your favourite Cotswolds places. Some superb photography, great aerial shots and fascinating historical information. Where are we off to next...?
That is SO kind of you to say! Thanks for taking the time to comment. The videos take ages to put together, but it's a labour of love. I've been coming here for decades, and it's nice to document our favourite spots. I love that you know them as well and can appreciate their charm and beauty! Cheers! XX Dara
Thanks! We love that area… we have been back twice in the past week! Ate lunch at the Butchers Arms in Sheepscombe today.💕 I just published a video this afternoon about a lovely place in Wales… So many beautiful parts of Britain! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Cheers! Dara
Nice to meet you, new friend! Ian really enjoyed your Notting Hill video! I absolutely LOVE Gloucester Cathedral! I published a video of it last summer, where I show all the secret bits and share the stories that not everyone hears when they visit. If you want to check it out, here it is: ua-cam.com/video/GfvmkhQowh8/v-deo.html
Oh my I love love love it! I think I would be touching all the homes as I walked along. (Love touching old building). Beautiful church, my imagination takes me back several hundred years. I must visit in the summer, UK has the most beautiful gardens! My stomach was in my throat with the thought of driving on the “road” more like a path! Great drone shots! I remember the pub too! Great video Dara! ~Cara 🌺
Don't let the narrow roads faze you, in my experience, they invariable lead to wonderful places. Obviously, these roads were not built for cars, they are often ancient ways linking fields or settlements. The ability to reverse is quite handy though, happy travels.
@@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers Easy for me to say as a Brit and drive these roads all the time, but don't be fearful of them. Always drive at a speed at which you can stop in the distance you can see to be clear even if a local idiot is pushing you along from behind. Be prepared to reverse into a passing place and wave at each other as you pass. Cardinal rule: drive slowly.
John, that is lovely to hear! So glad that my vids have inspired you. Please do go visit... they are such pretty places. Thanks for sharing your kind comment. Cheers! XX Dara
I am running out of superlatives, Ian, Dara, your videos enrich my day. Regarding yew trees in churchyards I thought that in some cases Christianity appropriated places that were sacred to the pagans. As you know, some yews can live for up to 3000 years so I find them particularly special. To think that these places/ trees have been venerated in different ways for an awfully long time. I even planted a small yew hedge at the front of my house, it should last, lol.
Yes, that's what I'd heard too, that there was some pagan meaning to the yew and that Christianity appropriated pagan places of worship. I love the idea that both plants and buildings can be enjoyed by many generations of people. Even though they aren't native to the UK, it's good to see so many coastal redwoods and sequoias that have been planted there, knowing that the trees could be enjoyed by people 2000 years from now. Evidently, the UK climate is perfect for them and, with climate change, the native California environment (where I grew up) is becoming less and less hospitable to these trees.
I'm running out of superlatives to describe The Cotswolds! I'm going with alliteration for now... Stunning Stanton, Pretty Painswick, etc. haha Thanks for your kind comment! I'm intrigued by yews as well. Love that you planted one at your home! A legacy for future generations ;-)
The legend of the Yew Trees is that each tree in the graveyard has its roots in the mouth of a corpse. At the end of the summer is the Clypping Ceremony where the Church of England lets its hair down and lifts up its skirts to show its knickers. The Church is celebrated with hymns, parades and a dance around the Church not unlike the Hokey-Cokey. Parishoners and Clergy wear flowers in their hair and the sermon, such as it is, would do credit to the Comedy Store. The church becomes pet-friendly. The town also runs the Apple Faire and you can buy Puppy-Dog Pies (actually beef pies - probably).
The Cotswold Way long distance walk (which I've done) is 101 miles long and stretches from chipping campden in the north to Bath in the South. East to West it's about 30 miles wide maybe.
Dara & Ian. Lovely video again. Great out-of-the-way villages, you were certainly lucky with the weather. The “Oreo cows” are actually a Scottish beef cattle breed called Belted Galloways.
I know, Peter, but I literally CANNOT stop saying Oreo cows. Because I just love that name too much. Forgive me ;-) I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Because we live nearby, we headed out during ALL sunny days to film as much as humanly possible!haha Hopefully you can visit some of these places one day! Thanks for your comment. Cheers! XX Dara
More lovely villages. And though sounding like an oxymoron, a very beautiful cemetery. The trees could be a little more uniform though I think... Re the pyramid tomb, I'm fond of those. We've a rather nice one here, standing about 15ft tall. If you search the William Mackenzie tomb, Liverpool, there's some nice images of it. BTW, this's my (about) 5th post! I tried to include a link to our tomb, but the post kept disappearing... Also, great drone footage.
John, I'm so sorry! It is VERY vexing when UA-cam doesn't want to post comments. Really annoys me!!! Thanks for your persistence. Yes, don't bother with links.... those messages always get held in limbo so I don't see them. The 15 ft tall pyramid tomb sounds impressive! We hope to visit Liverpool in August, so hopefully I can see it! I agree... Ian's drone footage was stellar!
It's very famous but a lot of people beyond the area (or Britain) won't have ever heard it before. It makes it a truly YEW-nique place indeed! Thanks for all your comments... Julie?
Yes, we have learnt to visit Sheepscombe early in the day to avoid driving in the dark either direction! And to go when the lanes are least crowded! But man, it's worth it!
LOL I'm sure our American friends are confused, because to us "pub" means "bar" and only means a place to drink. But honestly British pubs in the small villages have the best FOOD!!! And often the most comfortable and friendly atmosphere as well!
It is only quite recently that pubs became eateries, in fact it is rare nowadays to find a pub that doesn’t do food, although there is one in my sister’s village. Yes, pubs and bars are two different establishments!
Yes, I am craving Oreos right about now (cookies and/or milkshake)!! Love those cows! This whole video just had such a nice, summer day kind of feel. And that churchyard with the 99 yews, so very interesting and lovely. You certainly do take us to the most unusual, gorgeous English locales, Dara. Thank you again! 🌲
Thanks for your support from Texas, Christian! I understand that you need to skip the Oreo milkshake. You can have a Keto dinner this Friday night like everyone else I know! Just don't eat an Oreo cow when you have that steak... haha
@@MagentaOtterTravels Well I'm not going keto because I really love bread and tortillas!! What my wife and I are trying to do is to replace starch with veg. We have such wonderful options for fresh veg, fruits and Gulf seafood down here it would really be a shame if we didn't take advantage of that bounty. And this Spring I'm growing some of our food as I've been doing for 20 years. It's empowering even in a small way if you can grow something that you eat. There's a nice sense of satisfaction there.
@@christianoliver3572 Oh, I agree! I would love to grow our own vegetables! The soil where we live is so awful I’ve never been successful. And the fact that we don’t live here in the summers is another huge barrier at this point! And I’m with you, I couldn’t cut out all starches. I grind my own wheat and make whole wheat bread which is delicious. And my favourite food in the world is tortilla chips and queso😋
Again, Magenta you do it again, you show us some undiscovered ( to us anyway ) BEAUTIFUL towns, wow, Thank you! Wow! Beautiful trees at the Church in Painswick, very impressive and the structures and what a beautiful wander through the lichgate :) I love watching your videos, it's like watching a documentary :) Thank you for sharing this and putting in so much effort to your videos! All the best!
Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing your video from today. I have been making soup for the last hour, so I will have to catch it in a bit after my guests leave 😉
Yay! I’m so glad to hear that! Do you usually watch travel videos or British culture videos? We have both around here, and have a lot of good discussions in the Magenta Otter Tribe, so I hope you subscribe and join the fun. Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I'm English. I have lived abroad but returned to England as I love it here. I'm from the North of England. Cheltenham is beautiful but so is the North.
I'm English borne and bred but I wish I could be a foreigner for a while (I'm talking about a month) so I could do what you and Ian are doing discovering the beauty of my country for the first time
That is a very kind thing for you to say. Thank you! Hopefully in all of my videos you will find some places that you haven’t been yet, and you can go discover THOSE for the first time ❤️. But I hear what you are saying, and have heard many other English people say it as well. When you are around small ancient villages all the time you don’t appreciate it as much as one of us Americans who lives in the urban sprawl of suburbia where the oldest buildings around you are 30 years old.😂 I appreciate your comment! Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I've messaged you in the past (obviously I don't expect you to remember)but it's a sad thing to say but you've seen more of my country than I have in my 56yrs but then again you maybe right when you say us English see our history all the time and just take it for granted,it's only when I watch videos like your own that I see through your eyes how lucky we are to live in not England but the UK as a whole
@@BobbierocksBuster1415 I agree completely. You are most fortunate to live in the UK. And apologies for not remembering our conversation. I try to remember a lot, but at my age I forget an awful lot as well! Lol
If only you could get that with your hotel and apartment stays... buy one month and get two free! haha Yes, the tombs are beautiful monuments to the deceased. So artistic!
When I was a kid, we used to play and run around the tombs in our local church yard which was part of the 'rec' or recreation ground and try to lift the tops off, but we never managed it. I don't know what we would have done if we did. 🙂
Oh my... what naughty children you were! But not as naughty as the swine who leave their litter all over these lovely churchyards. I want THOSE humans to be more severely punished, I must say.
Hiya. Another Tourist Board worthy video! You and Ian are just amazing. That little walkway going into the lily pond? I think it's a hedgehog pond ladder and I must say, though I don't know why because they're everywhere, I was really surprised to see Galloway cattle in Sheepscombe. Stay safe. All the best to you.
Thanks, Andy! If that is a HEDGEHOG ladder, then I am very embarrassed to not know! Maybe it's an OTTER ladder, haha! I'm always surprised and delighted to see Belted Galloways... aka Oreo Cows. They are my favourite! Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels Cracking video Dara. See my reply to John and Cara about the narrow lanes. Drive at your own speed and ignore the locals. Let them pass when you can.
It's your passengers who get the great views on a slow drive through country lanes! Your driving eyes are on the next bend...and the car coming towards you! 🚘😆
I think Ian was correct about the length of timber going into the pond being for frogs/toads. as most people put them in their ponds here for our Crapaud's.
I'm so intrigued that you have seen those wee ladders before! I always thought a frog could hop on in all by themselves! haha Thanks for being the hundredth subscriber to make me look up a word in Google that I didn't know! LOL Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I think it is mainly due to the frogs/toads breeding in the water. that they are either to tired to jump or the distance between the water and edge of the pond is to high.
Beautiful as ever. This is a part of the Cotswolds that I don't know. I think the church spire in Painswick looks like it's just been plonked on top of the tower! It doesn't look right somehow.
Thanks, Jill! It's a part of the Southern Cotswolds that doesn't get the traffic that Bourton, Chipping Campden and Stow do. Which is a good thing ;-) As for the spire, I have two comments. One is that we are so used to seeing Norman towers without the tall spire. And the other is that it WAS refurbished many times... it might have been plonked down in another style, haha. But it is still one of my favourite churchyards to visit, especially on a summer day! Cheers, XX Dara
I guess NEW is relative! It’s not 1000 years old apparently 😂! I love that mosaic as well. So beautiful and appropriate in all the ways. Thanks for watching and commenting!🙏
@@mikesaunders4775 thanks so much! The lychgate might look so old it was built using timbers from the old belfry. I love the detail on it! It has a couple lines from a hymn on it that we actually sing regularly in church.
@@MagentaOtterTravels And thank you Dara for doing your homework. They did a really good job on it, using the timbers from the Belfry was inspirational. What was the hymn written on it that you sing?
Google knows EVERYTHING! And I am expecting a lot of ad revenue from Nabisco on this!!! Heck, I might get a few quid... enough to buy my own packet of Oreos! haha
Wow, if I heard giant onion, I would not expect something so pretty! I have a confession... I only knew that name because I had recently visited a big garden in Gloucestershire with a friend who KNOWS THINGS! haha
You are taking such pains in adjusting your accent, minding your "t's" and queues, very much appreciated, but I don't mind you saying budder and wadder. But then again, I went to an American school (in Africa) as a young child, so maybe I was acclimated...and anyway, who knew so many things were magenta!?
Once again you have done well to bring us views of yews, ewes, church pews and a few coos.
Oh my word! Best comment on this video! I love it!!!
Funny, I mentioned to Ian last night that Gerry hadn’t watched my video yet. I’m glad you watched it today, your comment was worth the wait! 😂 Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels You are most welcome.
Fun and interesting tour and history lesson. Some beautiful scenery and alway good to work in some “magenta” flowers!! We think of you guys now whenever we see magenta flowers now. 🤣 Thanks for sharing. John and Bev
Aaaaaaah, my brainwashing project has been so successful! haha
Thanks for watching! Safe travels! XX Dara
Lovely! Those roads in Sheepscombe remind me of some of the tight lanes we traveled…..you never know when a big lorry will come by!
Exactly! Always a bit nerve-racking. But the destination makes it worth it💕
Wow! Such a beautiful place with great structures. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for visiting! It is a beautiful place.
My jaw dropping moment: Tree trunk Castle. Wow! GORGEOUS and clever. Haha Orios. Oh Dara you do make me laugh. The dutch name for that breed cow is Lakenvelders. Laken=sheet, veld-field. When I looked it up it said: Lakenvelders=Dutch Belted! I learned something new. That white patch so looks like a white sheet draped over the cow. I'm afraid I'll now see Orios. 😂😂😂😂😂😂! I'm ever so grateful for my Covid free travel moments in the Cotswolds. Always a treasured moment while enjoying a lovely coffee. Thank you for my moment. 💖 🙏 🇳🇱 🙋♀️🇳🇿
You are so sweet, Anita! Thanks for your comment. The "Oreo cows" as I call them are actually a Scottish breed called Belted Galloway. I first saw them several years ago and have been a big fan ever since!
The tree trunk castle was very interesting... tucked into a delightful woodland walk. That's why Rococo Gardens are unique, as they are a crazy ramble full of intriguing little discoveries!
I'm so glad we can share each other's covid-free travel adventures! Cheers! XX Dara
There is a small grocery store in Painswick right opposite the Royal Oak pub
This video is a great advertisement for the concept of 'Slow Travel' where you spend extended time in an area and savour all that it has to offer. It's lovely to see all these places that aren't on the main Cottswold Tourist trail.
Thanks so much for saying that. I do REALLY love the concept of slow travel. And our summer was a combination of slow travel and insanely fast travel, to be honest! We were fortunate to spend months in Cheltenham, on the border of our beloved Cotswolds. BUT... when we went on our "Northern Expedition" we also had the other end of the spectrum. For example, 4 hours to tour Edinburgh! As you can tell from that vlog, we were very rushed, and I wished we had much more time there! Thanks so much for your comment! Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels Slow travel is something that I've learnt to do especially in the UK. We (well realistically I!) choose an area to spend time in, I just explore small sections rather than checking off every tourist site in the UK. I did that as a young backpacker with my 7 day Britrail pass where I travelled as far north as Aberdeen seeing more eastern towns, then across to Glasgow and down seeing more western towns. I can't say I remember all that much about the trip except for the trains!
@@theresabigwideworld2632 I totally understand what you mean! I always scold people who say they want to go to Italy and in the space of a week want to see Milan, Venice, Florence, Rome, and everything in between! I tell them all that they are going to do is spend the whole trip travelling from one place to another😂
Hey, this is my home village! Glad you had a good time visiting us
Whoah, you are very lucky to have grown up in Painswick! Did they have a supermarket or any actual grocery stores back then? That's one thing that would make it difficult for me to live there now.... we did look at buying a place in Gyde House 5 years ago before we bought out flat in Cheltenham!
We watched this last night. We are trying to decide which our favourite Cotswold village is so far! They are all beautiful. There’s a charm about this one with it not being full of cafes and shops. Loved it 🍻
Bless your cotton socks! Thanks for watching! I agree... I love the little quiet villages. And then popping by one with a pub or shops to break up the day!
Haha, "The Louvre!" I love a bit of delicate toilet humour!
Perfect way to describe it! Yes, I love it too ;-) A lovely toilet is shown in next Friday's video as well. I know you'll look forward to that! haha
Blimey! Black cows with white bands around them! Now, none of the bovine specimens in the fields next to us is decorated so symmetrically! Thank you - yet again - for a really interesting peregrination around your favourite Cotswolds places. Some superb photography, great aerial shots and fascinating historical information. Where are we off to next...?
The cows are a Scottish breed called Belted Galloway… but I prefer to call them Oreo cows.🐄 😂
Next up is my BROADWAY PREMIERE 🎭!!!
This is such a fantastic video, beautufully filmed and informative. Thankyou for your efforts.
Thanks very much! I dearly love the Cotswolds, and it has been delightful to be able to share our favourite places and what we love about them!
What a beautiful way to honour their deceased!! 💕
I agree! The monuments in the church and the tombs/gravestones in the churchyard are all so artistic and beautiful!
Painswick is certainly one of my favourite spots in the Cotswolds too! You capture the beauty of the region so well, it’s a joy to watch your videos.
That is SO kind of you to say! Thanks for taking the time to comment. The videos take ages to put together, but it's a labour of love. I've been coming here for decades, and it's nice to document our favourite spots. I love that you know them as well and can appreciate their charm and beauty! Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels And thank *you* for all the hard work you put into these videos! You certainly do an amazing job. X
I love the gardens and the cute villages. Thank you for sharing. Take care and stay safe
Hiya! How nice to hear from you. I was just looking at your profile photo a couple days ago and admiring your MAGENTA jacket! haha
The history covered in this vlog was amazing. Very interesting 👌
Thanks so much! I work hard on getting as many historical details as I can weave into the vids ;-) Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels god bless Dara xx
This was so relaxing to watch. Thank you 😊
Thanks! We love that area… we have been back twice in the past week! Ate lunch at the Butchers Arms in Sheepscombe today.💕
I just published a video this afternoon about a lovely place in Wales… So many beautiful parts of Britain! Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment! Cheers! Dara
Oooh! 3 for the price of 1. You are speaking my language!
A BUDGET friendly video for sure! hahaha
Wow. Painswick really is gorgeous!
I have been planning this trip for ages!! Painswick+Gloucester cathedral.
Thank you for checking out our channel! Yes, definitely worth a visit, especially on a sunny summer day.
Nice to meet you, new friend! Ian really enjoyed your Notting Hill video! I absolutely LOVE Gloucester Cathedral! I published a video of it last summer, where I show all the secret bits and share the stories that not everyone hears when they visit. If you want to check it out, here it is: ua-cam.com/video/GfvmkhQowh8/v-deo.html
@@MagentaOtterTravels I watched that video! now how am I gonna top it?😓 it made me want to go more!! soo pretty!
All of your views are very nice. Especially the drone views.
Thanks so much. I'm very lucky to have my husband Ian as my travel companion and drone pilot!
Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers! XX Dara
Oh my I love love love it! I think I would be touching all the homes as I walked along. (Love touching old building). Beautiful church, my imagination takes me back several hundred years. I must visit in the summer, UK has the most beautiful gardens! My stomach was in my throat with the thought of driving on the “road” more like a path! Great drone shots! I remember the pub too! Great video Dara! ~Cara 🌺
Thanks, Love! I'm with you... love the old buildings, but not the narrow roads with no visibility! haha
Don't let the narrow roads faze you, in my experience, they invariable lead to wonderful places. Obviously, these roads were not built for cars, they are often ancient ways linking fields or settlements. The ability to reverse is quite handy though, happy travels.
@@thewealduk9802 thank you! This is truly my only fear of an extended stay in the UK. 😊
@@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers Easy for me to say as a Brit and drive these roads all the time, but don't be fearful of them. Always drive at a speed at which you can stop in the distance you can see to be clear even if a local idiot is pushing you along from behind. Be prepared to reverse into a passing place and wave at each other as you pass. Cardinal rule: drive slowly.
Just drive slowly! Foot over the clutch pedal, ready for braking. You'll be fine!
Another lovely video Dara. I'm think the ladder in the lily pond is for hedgehogs that accidentally fall in.
I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know that, since I am such a big hedgehog fan!
because of your posts i think next time i go to Wiltshire, which is next door so to speak i shall check out all these places, thanks
John, that is lovely to hear! So glad that my vids have inspired you. Please do go visit... they are such pretty places. Thanks for sharing your kind comment. Cheers! XX Dara
😱 omg nice sharing 👍👍thanks you for sharing 📺❤️
Thanks for visiting
Those yew trees look like green grenadier guardsmen.Maybe Irish guardsmen fits the bill better.Lovely place all the same.👌
I have no idea... but they do look impressive to me whatever they are ;-) Thanks for watching, mate!
I am running out of superlatives, Ian, Dara, your videos enrich my day. Regarding yew trees in churchyards I thought that in some cases Christianity appropriated places that were sacred to the pagans. As you know, some yews can live for up to 3000 years so I find them particularly special. To think that these places/ trees have been venerated in different ways for an awfully long time. I even planted a small yew hedge at the front of my house, it should last, lol.
Yes, that's what I'd heard too, that there was some pagan meaning to the yew and that Christianity appropriated pagan places of worship. I love the idea that both plants and buildings can be enjoyed by many generations of people. Even though they aren't native to the UK, it's good to see so many coastal redwoods and sequoias that have been planted there, knowing that the trees could be enjoyed by people 2000 years from now. Evidently, the UK climate is perfect for them and, with climate change, the native California environment (where I grew up) is becoming less and less hospitable to these trees.
I'm running out of superlatives to describe The Cotswolds! I'm going with alliteration for now... Stunning Stanton, Pretty Painswick, etc. haha
Thanks for your kind comment! I'm intrigued by yews as well. Love that you planted one at your home! A legacy for future generations ;-)
Nice video. 👍👍Thanks for your sharing 👍.
Thank you! Cheers!
The legend of the Yew Trees is that each tree in the graveyard has its roots in the mouth of a corpse. At the end of the summer is the Clypping Ceremony where the Church of England lets its hair down and lifts up its skirts to show its knickers. The Church is celebrated with hymns, parades and a dance around the Church not unlike the Hokey-Cokey. Parishoners and Clergy wear flowers in their hair and the sermon, such as it is, would do credit to the Comedy Store. The church becomes pet-friendly. The town also runs the Apple Faire and you can buy Puppy-Dog Pies (actually beef pies - probably).
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The Cotswolds is a much bigger region than I had realized. So many different places within it!
I would say it’s actually not a huge region, it is just jampacked with gems like this! 💎
@@MagentaOtterTravels I guess I need to go and see it for myself to really get the right idea. 😉
@@StephenandAndie YES YOU DO!!! 😉
The Cotswold Way long distance walk (which I've done) is 101 miles long and stretches from chipping campden in the north to Bath in the South. East to West it's about 30 miles wide maybe.
Nice experience 😊✌️🤩
Thanks!
as soon as you told the legend, I was like, “just plant another tree and see!” and then… 😮
Yep. Don't mess with THE CURSE... bwahahaha
Dara & Ian. Lovely video again. Great out-of-the-way villages, you were certainly lucky with the weather. The “Oreo cows” are actually a Scottish beef cattle breed called Belted Galloways.
I know, Peter, but I literally CANNOT stop saying Oreo cows. Because I just love that name too much. Forgive me ;-)
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video. Because we live nearby, we headed out during ALL sunny days to film as much as humanly possible!haha
Hopefully you can visit some of these places one day! Thanks for your comment. Cheers! XX Dara
Fabulous drone footage, Ian.
I AGREE!!! He is my secret weapon ;-) He brings the special sauce to the video edit.
Thank you! I'm looking forward to getting the drone up again. It's been several months.
Very cool!
Yep, we are lucky to live in such a nice area!
More lovely villages. And though sounding like an oxymoron, a very beautiful cemetery. The trees could be a little more uniform though I think... Re the pyramid tomb, I'm fond of those. We've a rather nice one here, standing about 15ft tall. If you search the William Mackenzie tomb, Liverpool, there's some nice images of it. BTW, this's my (about) 5th post! I tried to include a link to our tomb, but the post kept disappearing... Also, great drone footage.
John, I'm so sorry! It is VERY vexing when UA-cam doesn't want to post comments. Really annoys me!!! Thanks for your persistence.
Yes, don't bother with links.... those messages always get held in limbo so I don't see them.
The 15 ft tall pyramid tomb sounds impressive! We hope to visit Liverpool in August, so hopefully I can see it!
I agree... Ian's drone footage was stellar!
@@MagentaOtterTravels Not your fault, that pesky YT. But we got there in the end 🙂
This little walk through the woods must have been refreshing too.
Forest bathing is wonderful!!
What a beautiful churchyard. 99 yew trees - wow! Loved hearing about the legends of the yew trees.
It's very famous but a lot of people beyond the area (or Britain) won't have ever heard it before. It makes it a truly YEW-nique place indeed! Thanks for all your comments... Julie?
Seeing those lanes again makes my palms sweat.
Yes, we have learnt to visit Sheepscombe early in the day to avoid driving in the dark either direction! And to go when the lanes are least crowded! But man, it's worth it!
The gardens are lovely - what a beautiful area. Some gorgeous magenta flowers - definitely ticked the magenta flowers box! ✅
I feel a bit bad that I made the garden look like it ONLY had magenta flowers. But not TOO bad, mind you ;-) haha
For two people who don’t drink you are great fans of pubs! Another informative and restful video, thank you.
LOL I'm sure our American friends are confused, because to us "pub" means "bar" and only means a place to drink. But honestly British pubs in the small villages have the best FOOD!!! And often the most comfortable and friendly atmosphere as well!
It is only quite recently that pubs became eateries, in fact it is rare nowadays to find a pub that doesn’t do food, although there is one in my sister’s village. Yes, pubs and bars are two different establishments!
Yes, I am craving Oreos right about now (cookies and/or milkshake)!! Love those cows! This whole video just had such a nice, summer day kind of feel. And that churchyard with the 99 yews, so very interesting and lovely. You certainly do take us to the most unusual, gorgeous English locales, Dara. Thank you again! 🌲
Thanks Bobby! The Oreo brand really should be sponsoring this video, LOL!
Oh! I nearly forgot. Thank you for answering the question I had a few weeks ago about the 99 yew trees.
I’m so glad that you remembered and came back! Now I need you to watch next Friday’s video because it has a question for postal workers in it!😉
Actually now I've decided on steak for dinner!!
I've given up sweets and sodas to no Oreo cookies for me.
Another great video from MOT!!
Thanks for your support from Texas, Christian! I understand that you need to skip the Oreo milkshake. You can have a Keto dinner this Friday night like everyone else I know! Just don't eat an Oreo cow when you have that steak... haha
@@MagentaOtterTravels Well I'm not going keto because I really love bread and tortillas!!
What my wife and I are trying to do is to replace starch with veg.
We have such wonderful options for fresh veg, fruits and Gulf seafood down here it would really be a shame if we didn't take advantage of that bounty.
And this Spring I'm growing some of our food as I've been doing for 20 years.
It's empowering even in a small way if you can grow something that you eat.
There's a nice sense of satisfaction there.
@@christianoliver3572 Oh, I agree! I would love to grow our own vegetables! The soil where we live is so awful I’ve never been successful. And the fact that we don’t live here in the summers is another huge barrier at this point!
And I’m with you, I couldn’t cut out all starches. I grind my own wheat and make whole wheat bread which is delicious. And my favourite food in the world is tortilla chips and queso😋
Again, Magenta you do it again, you show us some undiscovered ( to us anyway ) BEAUTIFUL towns, wow, Thank you! Wow! Beautiful trees at the Church in Painswick, very impressive and the structures and what a beautiful wander through the lichgate :) I love watching your videos, it's like watching a documentary :) Thank you for sharing this and putting in so much effort to your videos! All the best!
Thank you so much! I look forward to seeing your video from today. I have been making soup for the last hour, so I will have to catch it in a bit after my guests leave 😉
Incredible video! Very informative, great shots! Thanks for the tour! 😍👍
I like your videos. Just discovered your channel.
Yay! I’m so glad to hear that! Do you usually watch travel videos or British culture videos? We have both around here, and have a lot of good discussions in the Magenta Otter Tribe, so I hope you subscribe and join the fun. Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I'm English. I have lived abroad but returned to England as I love it here. I'm from the North of England. Cheltenham is beautiful but so is the North.
Beautiful inside the church too. Loved the mural.
Me too. It's a favourite of mine.
Great to see Gyde House
Another "near miss" in our search for a flat!!! haha
I'm English borne and bred but I wish I could be a foreigner for a while (I'm talking about a month) so I could do what you and Ian are doing discovering the beauty of my country for the first time
That is a very kind thing for you to say. Thank you! Hopefully in all of my videos you will find some places that you haven’t been yet, and you can go discover THOSE for the first time ❤️.
But I hear what you are saying, and have heard many other English people say it as well. When you are around small ancient villages all the time you don’t appreciate it as much as one of us Americans who lives in the urban sprawl of suburbia where the oldest buildings around you are 30 years old.😂
I appreciate your comment! Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I've messaged you in the past (obviously I don't expect you to remember)but it's a sad thing to say but you've seen more of my country than I have in my 56yrs but then again you maybe right when you say us English see our history all the time and just take it for granted,it's only when I watch videos like your own that I see through your eyes how lucky we are to live in not England but the UK as a whole
@@BobbierocksBuster1415 I agree completely. You are most fortunate to live in the UK. And apologies for not remembering our conversation. I try to remember a lot, but at my age I forget an awful lot as well! Lol
Love to buy 1 and get 2 free! Those tombs are very elegant.
If only you could get that with your hotel and apartment stays... buy one month and get two free! haha
Yes, the tombs are beautiful monuments to the deceased. So artistic!
SO many magenta flowers! Love it. Off to have an Oreo milkshake!
I seriously need to be getting paid commission by Nabisco!!! haha
Yes, I was a bit overboard with the magenta flowers on this video. #sorrynotsorry
@@MagentaOtterTravels #OreoInfluencer
Finally at 9:22 we got to see a close-up of magenta flowers.....although I had already spotted some before 💜
Didn't I make it look like the Rococo Garden ONLY had magenta flowers? haha
Another great tour Dara & Ian, lovely place! 👍❤️
Cheers!
When I was a kid, we used to play and run around the tombs in our local church yard which was part of the 'rec' or recreation ground and try to lift the tops off, but we never managed it. I don't know what we would have done if we did. 🙂
Oh my... what naughty children you were! But not as naughty as the swine who leave their litter all over these lovely churchyards. I want THOSE humans to be more severely punished, I must say.
Hiya. Another Tourist Board worthy video! You and Ian are just amazing. That little walkway going into the lily pond? I think it's a hedgehog pond ladder and I must say, though I don't know why because they're everywhere, I was really surprised to see Galloway cattle in Sheepscombe. Stay safe. All the best to you.
Thanks, Andy! If that is a HEDGEHOG ladder, then I am very embarrassed to not know! Maybe it's an OTTER ladder, haha!
I'm always surprised and delighted to see Belted Galloways... aka Oreo Cows. They are my favourite!
Cheers! XX Dara
Beautiful place 👍😍
I agree. Such a gem! Thanks for watching and commenting! Cheers - Dara
Those narrow roads force you to slow down and so you can admire more the beautiful countryside and the villages.
While I'm definitely driving slow, I don't think I'm admiring the view, I'm too busy nervously looking ahead of me on the road.
The locals drive FAST! It is a challenge for the more cautious (and motion sickness prone) among us! LOL
@@MagentaOtterTravels Cracking video Dara. See my reply to John and Cara about the narrow lanes. Drive at your own speed and ignore the locals. Let them pass when you can.
It's your passengers who get the great views on a slow drive through country lanes! Your driving eyes are on the next bend...and the car coming towards you! 🚘😆
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I think Ian was correct about the length of timber going into the pond being for frogs/toads. as most people put them in their ponds here for our Crapaud's.
I don't think I'd seen it before but it's a great idea.
I'm so intrigued that you have seen those wee ladders before! I always thought a frog could hop on in all by themselves! haha
Thanks for being the hundredth subscriber to make me look up a word in Google that I didn't know! LOL
Cheers! XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels I think it is mainly due to the frogs/toads breeding in the water. that they are either to tired to jump or the distance between the water and edge of the pond is to high.
@@jeanlongsden1696 duh! It’s to get OUT of the water, not IN! I didn’t even think about that 😂
Beautiful as ever. This is a part of the Cotswolds that I don't know.
I think the church spire in Painswick looks like it's just been plonked on top of the tower! It doesn't look right somehow.
Thanks, Jill! It's a part of the Southern Cotswolds that doesn't get the traffic that Bourton, Chipping Campden and Stow do. Which is a good thing ;-)
As for the spire, I have two comments. One is that we are so used to seeing Norman towers without the tall spire. And the other is that it WAS refurbished many times... it might have been plonked down in another style, haha.
But it is still one of my favourite churchyards to visit, especially on a summer day! Cheers, XX Dara
@@MagentaOtterTravels PS never tried Oreos!!
What a beautiful mosaic! Definitely not a "new street"! 😂
I guess NEW is relative! It’s not 1000 years old apparently 😂!
I love that mosaic as well. So beautiful and appropriate in all the ways. Thanks for watching and commenting!🙏
The lychgate was built in 1901, so it's quite new then.
Very new indeed! I didn't show it for long, but the side of it has the lyrics to a hymn that we sing often in church. So fun to see!
@@MagentaOtterTravels It looks quite a bit older, was it actually built in 1901,or re-built?. A very nice film all-round.
@@mikesaunders4775 thanks so much! The lychgate might look so old it was built using timbers from the old belfry. I love the detail on it! It has a couple lines from a hymn on it that we actually sing regularly in church.
@@MagentaOtterTravels And thank you Dara for doing your homework. They did a really good job on it, using the timbers from the Belfry was inspirational. What was the hymn written on it that you sing?
@@mikesaunders4775 Rejoice the Lord is King
Nearly forgot number 2. Guess what the advert was for before the video played. Yes, OREO's
Google knows way too much!
Google knows EVERYTHING! And I am expecting a lot of ad revenue from Nabisco on this!!! Heck, I might get a few quid... enough to buy my own packet of Oreos! haha
"The greater metropolitan area".... LOL 😂
I'm working on perfecting my dry British sense of humour ;-)
You are right, this is allium, more precisely "Allium giganteum", its common name is giant onion.
Wow, if I heard giant onion, I would not expect something so pretty! I have a confession... I only knew that name because I had recently visited a big garden in Gloucestershire with a friend who KNOWS THINGS! haha
Don't think that's correct. It looks to me like Allium Christophii. Also known as Star of Persia.
those are wild roses they are called dog roses
Thanks for letting me know! What a funny name 🐶 🌹
There is even a pyramidal one...I am intrigued who is buried there!?!
A stone mason of course! And you thought it was an Egyptian? haha
Is the grave digger old, or his hut 🤪😉😁
Probably BOTH!
They need to rename it "Old" New Street.
EXACTLY!!!
the loovre 😂
Very punny 🙃
OK...some minutes later I have the explanation. I am too fast and too curious 🙄
It's OK Patz! It's all engagement! hahaha
You are taking such pains in adjusting your accent, minding your "t's" and queues, very much appreciated, but I don't mind you saying budder and wadder. But then again, I went to an American school (in Africa) as a young child, so maybe I was acclimated...and anyway, who knew so many things were magenta!?
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99 yews and 1 you that's 100 😬😉
Brilliant!