The novelist shares her favourite spots for riding, roses and romance
I’ve had a long love affair with Gloucestershire. I first came here because I worked for the fashion stylist and editor Isabella Blow who had a beautiful place near Painswick – the deepest, darkest part of the county. She rented a cottage on her estate to our family. We eventually bought and renovated a derelict farmhouse close to the village of Bisley, which is where I am today. It is the most poetic part of Gloucestershire, with its valleys, woodlands and hills.
There is nowhere more beautiful in the world than the English countryside on a glorious summer’s day, with radiant sunshine and wisteria in bloom – a wedding in that setting is just perfect. Badminton House in the south of Gloucestershire is a stately home owned by the Duchess of Beaufort; it’s also available for weddings. One of the houses on the estate, Swangrove, is in the middle of the woods and would make a romantic honeymoon spot.
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