Cotswold Drivabout (the Southern Cotswolds)

Written and illustrated by Peter Reardon. From Cheltenham over to Cirencester and meandering its way down to Bath the southern Cotswolds are covered, pointing out with sketch and word some of the more unusual aspects to the Cotswolds, from burial mounds with names such as Hetty Peglers Tump, to the ornate town toilets at Chipping Sodbury, this book leads you though some of lesser known Cotswold villages always pointing out the hidden attractions which gives this unspoilt part of the Cotswolds a charm all of its own.

"The Cotswolds with their beauty supreme, a ramblers pleasure an artists dream, within these undulating hills abound enjoyment for all in sight and sound". (From "THE COTSWOLDS" by ALFRED KING).

The insides of the DRIVEABOUT books may look and feel slightly different from other guides. This is due to the way they are produced. Cotswold Driveabouts use the old letterpress or block printing method where every letter in the text is a separate item, cast from hot metal into blocks of text, the drawings and maps you see are individually acid etched into metal, to print in a way similar to how books used to be produced in this country since the days of Caxton. With these guides you haven't just purchased an excellent guide to the Cotswolds but also a small piece of history and a souvenir of a dying art.

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