Tetbury - Cotswolds and Antiques

We drove up to a town called Tetbury yesterday. I'm still not sure, but I think the "Cotswolds" we've all heard of are an area, as opposed to a single town. So, I could be wrong, but I think Tetbury is part of the Cotswolds. 

Tetbury is known for its antiques. There are 20-30 shops, and many more dealers. We're looking for tall but narrow furniture to hold stuff. 

We've learned they tend to call these pieces of furniture "tall boys" or linnen presses or wardrobes, or the French version would be armoire. 

We bought a few pieces and our thinking is that they only cost a bit more than Ikea or Homebase, but they come with hundreds of years of history and character. Maybe even a bit of haunting, if we're lucky :)

One store is Tetbury specialises in clocks. They make clocks, restore clocks, and talk about clocks. I thoroughly enjoyed the ancient roar of tick tock as we walked through.

For dinner, we didn't check the Yelp app, we just walked up and down the street looking for the place with the best local buzz. We found it! There was a restaurant on the corner that said "dining within 30 miles". We were quite sure what that meant, but we quickly learned that meant all food - every little bit - was sourced within 30 miles. And you could taste it. It was fresh and scrumptious. I had Wagyu beef, which of course didn't start local, but they had a two page paper on the table explaining where every ingredient on the entire menu came from. For Wagyu, a local farmer had flown to Japan, made connections, and started a local farm for Wagyu beef! 

Oh, restaurants (and pubs) like that will fill up with reservations, but we're often just walking in. At first we thought it was very rude that an empty restaurant wouldn't let us in, which has happened to us many times, but we've learned how to negotiate. What they're thinking is that you'll sit down and eat for 2-3 hours, which will ruin their reservations. So if you say "we'll eat very quickly, how soon do you need us out", then most people will say, oh sure, if you're out by 7, then we can do it. With two kids, it turns out to be a win win. 

Great town, similar to Petworth in terms of size and antiques, but much more beauty in terms of town and architecture.