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Cotswold Teacup Tours Offering relaxing and fun tours of the glorious Cotswolds. Each private tour is tailor made for you!

Got myself lost on a long walk today (no, I wasn’t touring my guests, thank you! 🤩), but on a plus side, whilst I found ...
06/02/2025

Got myself lost on a long walk today (no, I wasn’t touring my guests, thank you! 🤩), but on a plus side, whilst I found myself in a someone’s garden, I did get to admire their lovely view of Spelsbury church and also their snowdrops. Thank you whoever you are for not coming to es**rt me off the property. Xx

Such a gorgeous morning in the Cotswolds. I confess I removed the road signs in photoshop, but the Red Kite flying overh...
06/02/2025

Such a gorgeous morning in the Cotswolds. I confess I removed the road signs in photoshop, but the Red Kite flying overhead was the real deal.

Starkly beautiful winter sun at Middle Hill, Broadway Tower.
05/02/2025

Starkly beautiful winter sun at Middle Hill, Broadway Tower.

I’m as giddy as a school girl when I’m on a tour day. I photograph just as much as my guests do. I mean, just look at th...
04/02/2025

I’m as giddy as a school girl when I’m on a tour day. I photograph just as much as my guests do. I mean, just look at this beauty! It’s the ancient market hall in Chipping Campden in yesterday’s afternoon sunlight. How many generations have stood here and admired this soft stone glowing in the thin shafts of winter sun? Then after this bit of romanticising, I took my guests (Maltese couple) for tea and cake because that is what you do. I didn’t photograph the cake because 1) I’m not supposed to be eating cake right now 2) I’d eaten it all up before I remembered I was supposed to photograph and 3) gosh now I’m thinking about cake again. Yesterday’s cake of choice was an almond slice

This is Simon. The coolest stone mason in the west. (Or Cotswolds - just go with it) I am not sure how thrilled he will ...
29/01/2025

This is Simon. The coolest stone mason in the west. (Or Cotswolds - just go with it) I am not sure how thrilled he will be with me posting this photo of him but I did ask him ages and ages ago and then forgot. But I just found him in my photo gallery, so here he is now, with a work in progress. Sometimes on tour, when I have lovely husbands who are bearing up well whilst their spouses are shopping at Cotswold Woollen Weavers, I take the chaps to meet Simon. Simon consistently downs tools and has a chat with us. He creates the most beautiful works of art, I am always a little bit in awe.

This is a post just for women! Yes, my friends, you fabulous females who do it all and more for your loved one, work one...
27/01/2025

This is a post just for women! Yes, my friends, you fabulous females who do it all and more for your loved one, work ones and just because you should. This post is for you. I have curated a gorgeous and indulgent week filled with sheer happiness, peace, giggles and fun, because let’s face it, life is tough, and the news is even harder. If you need some time out, here it is. This June , come and hang out with me and some like minded women for a week in the Cotswolds. I will take you to see my bestest Cotswold friends, great pubs, fabulous boutiques, cottages of your dreams. Plus, our accommodation is so beautiful, I can’t wait to stay there myself. Check out my website for all the info and booking form: www.cotswoldteacuptours.com/solo-traveller

This is the church of St Laurence, in a forgotten little village called Shotteswell in Warwickshire. This is where I am ...
21/01/2025

This is the church of St Laurence, in a forgotten little village called Shotteswell in Warwickshire. This is where I am from originally. I grew up here. My ancestors are all buried here, right back to the 1600’s and before that, except the carved lettering has worn away on their headstones. The church was built in the Norman period - 1100’s. It was built using local Hornton stone. The font is probably Norman too. The oak chest in the photos dates back to the 1200’s and has stayed in this church since then. I return here every so often and I am comforted in the knowledge that all of my predecessors loved this place as I do still. I love that it never changes and we have all looked at the same carvings over the centuries. There is something in that expression, ‘some things change, some things stay the same’.

I love these Cotswold cottage views of spring and summer months to come.
16/01/2025

I love these Cotswold cottage views of spring and summer months to come.

A beautiful house in a hidden corner of Oxfordshire in the Cotswolds. I took this photo while I was showing my tour frie...
18/12/2024

A beautiful house in a hidden corner of Oxfordshire in the Cotswolds. I took this photo while I was showing my tour friend Gayle around the pretty village, totally off the tourist trail and away from any crowds.

I love this view looking up beautiful Burford Hill. All the houses, cottages and inns - some dating back 500 years or mo...
17/12/2024

I love this view looking up beautiful Burford Hill. All the houses, cottages and inns - some dating back 500 years or more - are fascinating, with their ancient doorways and huge archways designed for the horses and coaches that would stop here overnight, as they were making their way across the country to London, Oxford or Bath

Another post totally unrelated to Christmas. I do love Christmas but I love spring and summer more. We enjoyed a taster ...
14/12/2024

Another post totally unrelated to Christmas. I do love Christmas but I love spring and summer more. We enjoyed a taster day of sunshine today. I stopped digging in the garden to make a cup of tea, pulled up a chair and just bathed in the final hours of sunshine.

I am a little bit partial to the Double Red Duke at Clanfield. This is a beautiful inn, just on the eastern edge of the ...
10/12/2024

I am a little bit partial to the Double Red Duke at Clanfield. This is a beautiful inn, just on the eastern edge of the Cotswolds - not far from Oxford and close to Bampton village (where some Downton Abbey village scenes have been filmed). It feels cosy, sumptuous and indulgent. The food is consistently excellent, plus the tipples and all of it is a wonderful treat. Yum!

I never tire of the lovely little village Castle Combe. It’s located on the western edge of the Cotswolds, so closer to ...
09/12/2024

I never tire of the lovely little village Castle Combe. It’s located on the western edge of the Cotswolds, so closer to Bath than Burford. It does get busy with tourists so if you can come here early in the day or evening, then you should hopefully be able to enjoy it mostly to yourself. If you are a hiker, there are some great country walks in this area definitely worth exploring.

Cotswold Cloud is surely a turtle!? Everything is seeing something completely different and I was convinced this would b...
05/12/2024

Cotswold Cloud is surely a turtle!? Everything is seeing something completely different and I was convinced this would be obviously a turtle. 😂

Christmas has arrived in the Cotswolds when the Bourton on the Water Christmas tree is planted in the river! 🎄🦆🦆🦆 ...
04/12/2024

Christmas has arrived in the Cotswolds when the Bourton on the Water Christmas tree is planted in the river! 🎄🦆🦆🦆

We began our tour day today in Burford when it was still fairly quiet. Look at this lovely view of 800 years and layers ...
03/12/2024

We began our tour day today in Burford when it was still fairly quiet. Look at this lovely view of 800 years and layers of architecture

Lottie Gross, author, travel writer and editor has had another of her features published in AFAR magazine and has very k...
02/12/2024

Lottie Gross, author, travel writer and editor has had another of her features published in AFAR magazine and has very kindly recommended me and my business in it! Wow! AFAR is a major US travel publication. Thank you and thank you for having me included in your ‘Where to go in 2025’ feature. . Link to full story is in bio.

St Edwards Church, Stow on the Wold. A gorgeous little sneaky shot through the ivy. Blue sky! Me and my new friend from ...
30/11/2024

St Edwards Church, Stow on the Wold. A gorgeous little sneaky shot through the ivy. Blue sky! Me and my new friend from Louisiana bathed in winter sunshine on our tour yesterday. We had such a lovely day - I showed her many lovely sights and gorgeous things to buy. We ate lunch and then headed back to the train station, stopping for a short walk through the grounds at Blenheim Palace before she returned to London.

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Jazzy flowers of the Cotswolds! Last year I was inspired by so much floral beauty during all the garden tours that guests had booked with me. I have packets and packets of seeds to get planted! Roll on spring, and let it begin all over again. #cotswoldteacuptours #gardentours #bestcotswoldtours #thecotswolds #cotswolds_culture #flowersuk #englishgardens 🎵Idris Elba, La Trumpeta

My beautiful silk scarf is from @davidwatson.uk . All of their items are lovingly made in England, some of them in the Cotswolds. Do take a look at their website, they ship overseas and they have so many different designs and items. Not all scarves. #cotswoldteacuptours #fblogger #silkscarf #davidwatsonscarves #catrionahall #pheasantart #madeinbritain #victoriamagazine #fashionblogger #cotswolds #thecotswolds

I haven’t touched a thing with this reel. The birdys are tweeting away and there’s a low mumble of appreciation from garden visitors like me. 30 seconds of calm for you. Glorious Hidcote gardens, you are an escape destination for so many. Thank you for all that you do for us. #cotswoldteacuptours cotswoldteacuptours #hidcotent @hidcotent #cotswoldgardentours #cotswoldgarden #afar #solowomentravel

I make no apologies for reposting this gorgeous reel when my guests had booked through me an experience with a sheepdog and trainer. The world needs more reels of squidgy happy puppies in fields of green and blue skies. #cotswoldteacuptours #cotswolds #sheepdog #bobhogg #sheepdogtraining #thecotswolds

This is going to be a very special Cotswold holiday! I am so excited to share this with you. My website has all the info - much better if you can view on a desktop. Contact me if you want to join us! Link to page in bio . If you’ve been on a tour with me and loved it, please comment below #cotswoldteacuptours #solofemaletraveler #solowomentour #womenretreats #womenretreat #womensupportingwomen #cotswold #escapetheeveryday

Thank you so much to Charley @totally.tailored and Benji @theparmahamstand for your lovely company today on our taster tour of the Cotswolds. You inspired me with your expert business know-how and people skills with both of your businesses. For creative inspiration in the Cotswolds @larkswold is a pretty special and unique place to go for crafty days. And also super thanks to @chilternseeds for your amazing sweet peas which took me ages to select. I see you ship to the US too! Amazing. #cotswoldteacuptours #cotswolds #victoriamagazine #thecotswolds #cotswoldtours #visitbritain #chilternseeds

Hello. This is my first post of 2025! Oops. But I needed a little social media break. You know how it gets. ;) #cotswoldteacuptours #englishcountryside #victoriamagazine #somerset #englishgardens #englandinwinter #nomakeup #earlymorningwalk #earlymorning

I’m not sure these baking videos inspire or actually help anyone to cook anything, but they are still fun to make and you get the idea, if by chance, you have never seen a mince pie before. Which may be a possibility, since many of the followers on here are from the US. Pastry is just shortcrust. 8oz plain flour. 2oz vegetable fat 2oz margarine. tiny little amounts of water until the mix binds. Don’t let it get sticky. Don’t play too much with it. Fingertips only otherwise it will go all hard and heavy. Then roll onto floured board and start cutting out your shapes. Cook at 170 for 12-15 mins. #mincepies #christmasinengland #cotswoldteacuptours #britishfood #victoriamagazine #condenasttraveller #dickensian #dickensianchristmas #christmasfood #nigellalawson #nigella

I know this isn’t very seasonal to post a reel from the summertime, but as we approach the depths of winter, I need to remind myself of warm summer days, my favourite place in England, the most incredible trees, drinking cups of tea under an ancient cedar tree and just feeling the sun on my face. We are in a daily grind of grey here currently. I believe sun is forecast in the Cotswolds for about two hours on Saturday. Deck chairs at the ready, folks - soak it up while we can! #cotswoldteacuptours #thecotswolds #sunnydays☀️ #hidcotent #cotswoldlife #victoriamagazine #traveluk #condenast #the_cotswolds #englandcountryside #englishtea #englishgarden #homesandgardens

I had a rather fabulous treat last week when I joined my friend Bonnie (former tour guest turned lifelong friend) at Estelle Manor for lunch. Estelle Manor is a very trendy and exclusive luxury private members club and hotel. Bonnie and I ate lunch in style in the wonderful glasshouse . A little glass of champagne to kick things off and some absolutely delicious food. We had our own little Christmas party. #estellemanor #chauffeuring #experience #viptravel #rangerover #aiporttransfers #vip #luxury #knightfrank #fleet #homesforsale #executive #historic #eynsham #chauffeur #oxfordshirecountryside #londonwine #londonfood #londoncity #londonlife #gourmet #mercedes #rangerover

Nobody mention the wonky lampshade. 😂 #christmastradition #christmascake #cotswoldchristmas #cotswoldteacuptours #cotswolds #the_cotswolds #cotswold #margueritepatten #nigellalawson #lizatarbuck #stormdarragh

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