Emma's Cottage

We arrived at Emma's Cottage fashionably late, but just in time for some gorgeous afternoon light.  And look at that sky - so blue!  

Our front garden overlooked the valley and a horse farm.  It was fantastic and picture-perfect. 

Parking was tight.  Very tight.  As in, the worst-part-of-driving-in-England tight.  We had regular-sized cars and wished we had a Fiat.  Hmm, but then our suitcases wouldn't have fit. 

Welcome!

Our lovely hostess, Myra, left bouquets around the cottage for us.  It was so homey and welcoming.

Looking into the kitchen from the front door. 

We had a fireplace in the kitchen, which we didn't light.  But we did enjoy the one in the living room a couple of times. 

Love the exposed beams.  Our cottage started as a 1700s-style duplex that was combined into one sometime in the early 1900s, I think.  A family of six lived in half of the cottage.

The view out the kitchen window at our car. Fun!

Upstairs are two bedrooms: the twin and master bedroom.  Our twin room had a cute little window seat with a view of the horse farm across the valley.

The bathroom was small.  The shower was tiny.  But it was inside, which is an improvement from where it was.  Outside.  Across the yard.  In a shack.   

Driving was fun, though Lee might disagree.  :-)  The scenery on the road from Bath to Chedworth was fantastic and just so quintessentially ENGLISH!  I loved it. 

We hiked up a path behind the cottage on our first night to get to the farm shop (yummy local food!), turned around, and saw this.  So lovely.