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Take an equally atmospheric journey on the
ulls dip and dive across a
restored steam train that trundles through the
pencil-thin horizon of
rolling Cotswolds, a lush region in the southdeep-blue sea. The scent of
west dotted with quaint thatched-roofed
vinegary fish and chips wafts
cottages, swans-a-swimming streams and
through cobbled streets. A
postcard-worthy limestone villages. Sheep
holiday favorite, the charmnibble, horses canter and time stands still in
ing Cornish fishing village of Padstow is
flanked by bucket-and-spade beaches and lined these quintessentially English shires.
But England isn’t pure rural idyll—we
with flower-decked whitewashed cottages.
are, after all, talking about the home of the
But Padstow is a microcosm of only one slice
Industrial Revolution. You can find
of England, which packs a huge
fascinating ways to experience the
amount of variety into its more than
BY
400-mile-long territory: rolling hills
leslie country’s happy marriage of invention and tradition. Try a tour of the
and dipping dales, tiny villages and
Woit
Wedgwood china factory in Stafvibrant cities and architecture that
fordshire, then relax into the
spans the ages. And at every turn, a
so-British ritual of afternoon tea served on
pub with a perfect pint of ale where locals
the famous wafer-thin porcelain.
congregate, ready for a good chat.
Nowhere is the imprint left by the Romans,
The classic rural retreats—the Lake District,
who occupied England for about 400 years,
the Cotswolds and Cornwall—have earned the
more apparent than at the elaborate bathing
English countryside its reputation as a haven of
facilities they built 2,000 years ago in Bath.
greenery. Natural beauty inspired a panoply of
After you’ve toured the Roman Baths, soak in
painters, novelists and poets such as William
the same thermal waters the Romans once
Wordsworth, the 18th-century Romantic.
bathed in at Thermae Bath.
Devoted to beauty, he cherished it in his native
The mystical and the mythical are both on
Lake District, in northwest England. Today,
the ticket at Glastonbury. Its ancient abbey is
plying the gentle waters of Lake Windermere
thought to be the resting place of King Arthur.
aboard a Victorian steamboat, you’ll see the
More recently, New Agers have arrived,
same panorama he immortalized in his poetry.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AAA Traveler - Winter 2013
AAA Traveler - Winter 2013
Table of Contents
Departures
On the Move
Your Story
Ask the Experts
Alaska Inside & Out
Your Own Private Island
Hail to the Brits
A Family A ffair
Italy Four Ways
Coastal Cruising
A World of Enchantment
Trip Notes
Pilgrimage to Cape Cod
All in a Day
Photo Challenge
Navigator
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