Happy Twitter birthday to us!
At Go Cotswolds we’re signed up with a website called Sum All. If you’re not familiar with what they do they gather data with regards to your social media streams and e-they mail you a rundown of the stats on a week to week basis. We use it for our Twitter page and it tells […]
Go Cotswolds tour this Saturday
There will be a tour of the Cotswolds this coming Saturday the 7th of February departing at around 9.30am from Stratford-upon-Avon (exact pick up time will be given at time of booking). We usually tour on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays but this week we’re venturing out on Saturday as we’re unavailable on Friday and Sunday! […]
Are you a tourist or a traveller?
On Twitter this morning under the Travel Talk on Twitter hashtag (#TTOT) there was an interesting debate centred around the “Tourist vs. Traveller” notion. Judging by the dictionary definitions (c/o www.dictionary.reference.com) alone this would appear to be a pretty futile argument as both words, essentially, describe the same thing: Tourist n. a person who is […]
Our customers
We get such a variety of different customers at Go Cotswolds from many different parts of the world. Getting to talk to people who love to travel is one of the reasons we do what we do as it gives us a taste of travelling right in our own back yard. I love finding out […]
Tempo Events Winter Series – Ilmington 10km run
Tom is out on one of our regular scheduled tours today, showing some more Stratford visitors the wonders of the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. I have also been out and about in the Cotswolds today, but while our customers have no doubt been enjoying our cosy 16-passenger minibus and leisurely strolls around lovely […]
Tour of Britain 2014
Cycling has become HUGE in Great Britain over the last few years. We have traditionally lagged far behind our bike-loving European neighbours, but this is all changing. Thanks to heavy investment in British sport in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, Team GB racked up a total of 12 cycling medals, 8 of […]
Moreton-in-Marsh Show
During the first weekend in September, the Cotswolds hosts the annual Moreton-in-Marsh Agricultural and Horse Show. With his first guest post on our blog, here to tell us all about it is Rob Slatter. As well as being one of Tom’s cricket team-mates, Rob is also the manager and franchise owner of the Stow-on-the-Wold branch […]
The Big Feastival 2014
Last week we blogged about The Big Feastival, a food-cum-music festival in Kingham. Today’s blog post is a guest post by Charis Cook, who won tickets to this festival last weekend and has kindly sent us her review! Thanks Charis! On the last weekend of August, thousands of people descended on tiny Cotswolds village Kingham for […]
Revised tour dates for September 2014 – wedding bells!
Go Cotswolds normally provides a scheduled tour service on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays throughout the year. However, please note that this schedule will change slightly during September 2014… because Tom and Lisa are getting married!! Please see the revised schedule below. Wednesday September 3rd: tour as normal Thursday September 4th: EXTRA tour date! Friday September 5th: […]
Cotswolds all set for the Big Feastival
The normally sleepy Cotswolds village of Kingham will be the centre of attention this weekend as thousands of festival-goers arrive for The Big Feastival. A cross between a music festival and a food fair, the Big Feastival 2014, opening tonight, will play host to famous names in the worlds of both live music and cookery. […]