WELCOME
Thomas thought of both.FTER yet
Sadly we report on theanother
final outdoor Shakespeare
production at ChavenageAdisappointing
near Tetbury, where semi-summer in the
professional theatre has beenCotswolds (although
available for more than ten
years. You will, however,we should be grateful
enjoy reading Jacquiethat the only casualty
Govier’s account of the final
show and certainly bethis year was the
amused by her sketches whichFairford Air Tattoo)
accompany the piece.we are all looking
Photographer and lifelong
walker Richard Pasco wentforward to better
on a butterfly walk earlier inweather in which to
the year and it is still just not
too late to follow in hisenjoy our
footsteps,nor to visit thesurroundings this
superb gardens at Snowshillautumn.
Manor.
If you see the autumn as aIf you prefer to stay
time to unwind we have theindoors, however,just curl up
ideal competition for you -in front of a fire and enjoy
the chance to win a pamperthis issue of COTSWOLD
day for two at the luxuriousESSENCE.
Calcot Manor spa, or if youIt has become something of
fancy a little further afield wea tradition with this magazine
have a superb break at Thethat we take a look at hotels
Belfry, near Birmingham, toand restaurants every issue.
be won.Usually these are the latest
Good luck.additions to the host of
superb establishments we
have in the area but this
month we thought we would
venture to Cheltenham and
drop in on old friends - the Skip Walker
Queen’s Hotel, whose history Editor
goes back centuries,and
Raymond Blanc’s brasserie
on the same site,although it
is separately owned. Find out
what our reviewer Paul Email:skip.walker@gwent-wales.co.uk
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6 COTSWOLDESSENCE September - November 2008 Inspiring life in the Cotswolds
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