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common examples of ex-colonials returning to Mother England? And why
not? Even after 230 years of independence we still attribute much of
American history and, to a great extent, our culture, our laws and our
arts, our economy, indeed our very language, to our former place in the
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A London may be the most youthful, interesting city in the world — chaotic, loud, sophisticated, and diverse. It is theater, shopping, museums, royal pageantry, landmarks, red buses and black cabs. Home At First's apartments — located by London's #1 attraction, the Tower of London — are a 5-minute walk from Tower Hill Underground station, from which all of central London may be reached within 20 minutes. The apartments are next to a traffic-free marina lined with shops and restaurants — a quiet harbor refuge from the bustling city. After exciting days pursuing history, culture, fashion, and theater, return to a friendly pint at a local pub. Or stop at a local market for fresh food and a bottle of wine to enjoy on your balcony overlooking the yacht basin. |
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a The Cotswolds embody much that is familiar about the English countryside: quaint villages with multi-hyphenated names (Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water), thatched cottages of golden limestone, and pleasant walks between rural pubs. Home At First has cottages in the southern Cotswolds at Tetbury and in the north in and near Chipping Campden. Both of these pretty towns have numerous shops, restaurants, and pubs where you will meet local residents and feel like a local yourself. Our cottages are ideal bases for exploration the Cotswolds or for day-trips to popular nearby destinations including Bath, Stratford-on-Avon, Oxford, Windsor, Salisbury & Stonehenge, South Wales, even London. |
a Home At First's Devonshire cottages are at an entrance to Dartmoor National Park, an ideal base for exploring the wilds of Dartmoor and the coastlines of the English and Bristol Channels. Narrow, rural lanes follow the winding contours of the West Country leading to charming hamlets hidden throughout Devon and nearby Cornwall. Devonshire cream teas, idyllic thatched cottages, bluffs, heath and moor out of the novels of Thomas Hardy, traditional fishing villages, Sir Francis Drake, the Mayflower Pilgrims, and the D-Day preparations all draw you to Devon. Plymouth, Bath, Stonehenge, Penzance, and the English Riviera are among many possible day-trip destinations. |
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a The gentle countryside of west-central England helped begin the Industrial Revolution, then went back to sleep. Today, Shropshire and Cheshire remain pretty, rural counties just north of Shakespeare country, east of the mountains of Wales, and just south of the great medieval town of Chester. Here are several preserved gems of old English villages and some important monuments to the awakening of the modern age. Home At First's accommodations in Shropshire, in a converted abbey dating from 1133, are a peaceful and stylish retreat and a great base for touring western England from Robin Hood country through northeastern Wales. |
a Wordsworth's 19th century poems of praise of the Lake District's lovely landscape of lakes, hills, and quaint villages still apply. Home At First's Lake District lodgings include traditional rural cottages as well as attractive apartments in a beautiful converted country estate home overlooking Esthwaite Water, a small lake just west of Windermere. The Lake District is a gentle wilderness, and the resulting touring pace is measured and graceful, never manic or boring. The many walking paths always offer tranquility, and sometimes exciting challenge, but never dull repetition. And the lakes are hidden like so many diamonds scattered among the folds of a counterpane of hills. |
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a This part of northern England is a pleasant, rolling landscape dotted with small villages and larger market towns. Our cozy cottages are located in villages with characteristic Yorkshire names like Bishop Monkton and Burnt Yates, names suggesting the quaint charm and slow pace of the region. Yorkshire is known for its variety of walking paths, opportunities for riding, scenic touring, and encounters with English history at numerous castles and abbeys, and in the great medieval city of York. |
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