When we started planning our move to the Cotswolds, we weren’t looking for the most photographed village or the prettiest high street. We wanted countryside living — real fields, real footpaths, real community — but with the practical things that make family life run smoothly. Like many families moving to the Cotswolds, we had a […]
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We arrived in the UK at the end of August, very much looking like people who had just stepped off a long‑haul flight—which we had. A van was waiting to take us to Nailsworth, where we’d booked a few nights at The Garlic Rooms. Tucked into the middle of town on the top floor, it
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Reflections on Moving to the Cotswolds Two and a half years on, I can see so clearly how those early school days became one of the first places our kids truly found their footing in the UK. At the time, everything felt new and slightly surreal — the uniforms, the accents, the routines — but
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There’s a moment, somewhere between the last stretch of Oregon’s high desert and the first glimpse of England’s rolling green, when your life quietly divides into a Before and an After. For us, that moment happened mid‑air — all four of us indulging in an in‑flight movie marathon, restless sleep, and the unavoidable feeling of the
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