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8 DAYSHow to be an
Splash your year-end bonus
on a baking lesson at The
Cookery School At Thyme, set
in the gorgeous countryside of
the Cotswolds, near London.
Scones, anyone?BRITAIN!
DOMESTIC
GODDESS
Pinch us, we must be dreaming. We’ve always
wanted to learn how to make proper scones in the
English countryside. Buttery, crumbly pastry smothered
with voluptuous cream and jam — what’s not to love?
While our original plans for a class in Hugh Fearnley-
Whittingstall’s famed River Cottage in Devon fell
through, we aren’t sorry at all.
Because The Cookery School at Thyme — set within
an estate with its own farm grounds, restaurant and
luxury accommodation in quaint old buildings — is
breathtakingly beautiful. It’s what River Cottage would
look like if Nigella Lawson gave it a posh makeover.
The farmhouse kitchen and dining area are done
up tastefully in shades of pastel, with bucolic-designer
furnishings. The property sits in the village of Southrop
and boasts a 15th century manor house, medieval
barns and Norman church. It is within the Cotswolds,
a scenic area rich with rolling hills, ancient woodlandeat
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