Steamy action: Hook Norton brewery runs its wonderfully atmospheric steam engine on the first Sunday of each month. This whirring marvel helped the famous brewery produce pints of 'Hooky' from 1899.
DM for my tour of Hook Norton and hear about pioneers, pals and pyramids (plus have a pint)
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I like how this fashion display suggests Blenheim Palace is hosting a house party. What do you think? The fashions are by Zandra Rhodes- spot the pink hair!
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What would Consuelo Vanderbilt say? A portrait of the American heiress studies handbags created by British designer Lulu Guinness inside the magnificent Blenheim Palace. Its rooms are hosting fashion displays at the moment. Consuelo married the 9th Duke of Marlborough in a (guess what, unhappy) status-for money deal in 1895.
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Chipping Norton market place: where cars now roll, sheep once bleated and stall holders hollered. It was hugely ambitious to create such a big selling space in the 13th century. Find out more on my new audio tour from VoiceMap.
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Revenge! A sheep eats a wolf in a medieval joke set into stone in the porch of Chipping Norton church. Just one of the fun stories in my new audio tour, available from #VoiceMap.
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Thanks to Katharine House Hospice for this video of last weekend's amazing tractor run, where 100 tractors were decked out with lights to create a rural Christmas parade in North Oxfordshire.
Donations welcome via the donate button on www.khh.org.uk
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A panorama of Hook Norton nestling in its valley. The towers at the end once supported a railway line.
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Hope you enjoy this panorama of Autumn in the Cotswolds. It starts and finishes at the Indian-influenced Sezincote House. #offbeatcotswolds #bluebadgetouristguide
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Rolling Cotswold hills are full of frolicking lambs at the moment - but nowhere near as many as from 1,000 years ago. England's medieval economy relied on wool from Cotswolds sheep. One writer recorded 20,000 sold from a single market in a day! Happy Easter! 🐣🌞#offbeatcotswolds #bluebadgetouristguide🚶🏻♂️
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Batsford Arboretum
Lambs and daffodils show spring has arrived at Batsford Arboretum. The estate was first planted out from the 1880s, later became home to the famous Mitford family, and has been regenerated over the last 50 years. It was certainly looking glorious at the end of last week. #offbeatcotswolds #bluebadgetouristguide
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For more quirky #cotswoldtales and insight into Batsford Arboretum see my book Offbeat Cotswolds, available via the website www.offbeatcotswolds.com and at the Batsford Arboretum gift shop.
Offbeat interview
Fun interview with BBC Radio Oxford this morning about my Chipping Norton walks. 🚶♂️😎. Shout out for Olivier Parfait-Callery for creating this video of the interview. 😀
