I keep being drawn back to the Cotswolds this summer. First, it was a weekend break to Minchinhampton, where I learnt to dry stone wall and forage for wild garlic and nettles (don't pick anything that looks like a chive because it could kill you). Up and down up and down the M4 (and A419), I have grown to know and love this blissful bubble of hills and curves in the road, of tractors being driven like Formula One race cars, and the occasional whiff of the most stinking manure. This wide-open countryside triggers a wave of relief, a sigh and my shoulders lower a decent inch as I enter the green and pleasant land which has inspired poets, artists, novelists over the years. Then there was the trip to Daylesford Foodie festival, where 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here' winner Christopher Biggins was judging the dog show and featured talks on tea which boosted collagen made from mushrooms, and cakes cost seven quid a slab. Not quite me, and no sign of Jeremy Clarkson
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