Written by Fred Hart on February 26, 2026 – 17:21

First impressions? Flat. Remarkably flat. (A notable observation when you live in the Cotswolds). The landscape opens up in a completely different way – vast stretches of arable farmland, long horizons, big skies. In places, the fields aren’t edged with hedgerows at all, but simply separated from the road by a drainage ditch. It almost reminded me of the Gers in southern France 🇫🇷 – It has that same agricultural openness and understated rural beauty.

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