Article: Travel : Live like lord in the Cotswolds; From 16th century inn to plush stately home, Abigail Hughes finds there's only one way to see this delightful bit of Middle England... in real style.(Features)

Byline: Abigail Hughes

WE'D been driving for two hours hours along grey swathes of motorway when my man at the wheel finally turned off and started to hum the theme tune to Midsomer Murders.

And anyone who's ever watched this ITV detective series set in a perpetually sunny world of thatched cottages, strawberry teas and quaint countryside pursuits shot through with a bolt of dastardly death, would see why.

Because this was the Cotswolds. That ridiculously delightful bit of fertile Middle England where the refined rich grow up, where Maseratis happily stand next to combine harvesters and where red carpet celebs have holiday homes.

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