Having relatives staying is always a good excuse to visit the local attractions you probably wouldn’t go to otherwise. We have lived in the Cotswolds a number of years but still haven’t exhausted all there is to do here! The confetti fields is one thing we haven’t done before due to the fact that they are only open for visiting for around a fortnight each year at the end of June and into early July. Fortunately, this year’s opening days corresponded to the visit of my New Zealand cousin and her husband.

The flowers are amazingly beautiful and you can even purchase bags of confetti for weddings from the dried flowers of the previous year.

If that experience wasn’t enough we were also able to visit Broadway Tower nearby.

The Tower is an iconic landmark on top of the beautiful Cotswolds escarpment. It was designed by of the famous 18th century landscaper, “Capability Brown” and completed in 1798. Later the Pre-Rhapaelites often holidayed at the tower. These included – William Morris, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Edward Burne-Jones, wives and children. As a result of his stays here, William Morris began campaigning for the preservation of this and similar historic buildings, so we owe many of our great historic listed buildings to him.

What a privilege to have such lovely places so near us, especially as the Pre-Rhapaelites are one of my favourite art movements.