'This place could tempt you into being a tourist in your own country'
There's a much-circulated photograph of Blur's Alex James at a bucolic festival, captured with Jeremy Clarkson and David Cameron. Not once have I seen it emailed or tweeted without a caption along the lines of, "Come, friendly bombs"
Why am I telling you this? Because I'm in the Cotswolds, heartland of Alex, Jezza and Dave. I've wandered along the laughably beautiful high street of Chipping Campden so chichi that I'm resisting a very Glaswegian urge to buy chips and Carlsberg Special while bellowing country and western to discover an absolute cracker. And I don't want to share it with that particular brand of cheesy local. So, shtum, right?
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