The Cotswolds is one of my favorite areas in England that I have visited often. I was a teenager when I went there for the very first time and already back then I was captured by its gently rolling hills and the honey colored houses. During the late 80s and early 90s and then again late 90s I spent time in the Cotswolds every year and got to know it quite well. After we had moved to California we traveled extensively in the US to get to know this country better. But in 2014 we visited the Cotswolds again and I found it quite changed. The once quiet and charming little villages had become bustling tourist destinations - thank you (not), Rick Steves!
But the area was still lovely. We stayed in a lovely farm house B&B in the countryside at the end of a narrow country lane.
There were lovely plants at the front entrance (that no one used, everyone got in through the back door). My clematis are never as gorgeous as this one.
Of course the heart of the house was the kitchen. And the heart of the kitchen was this old Aga.
In many English novels that are set in the countryside you can read about the Aga. When I was much younger I loved to read the novels by Rosamunde Pilcher (wonderful soft un-challenging feel good novels) and the kitchens in her books always have an Aga and a scrubbed wooden table. It was just like this kitchen!
The lady of the house didn't use this Aga anymore since she cooked our breakfast in a more modern kitchen. But I thouroughly enjoyed sitting in this kitchen right out of Rosamunde Pilcher's books!
The view out of the kitchen through those old windows was lovely as well.And what do you drink in an English country kitchen? Tea of course - with milk! That's my ticket to Elizabeth's T Tuesday.
