Rolling hills. Dry-stone walls. A village green with a war memorial and a bench that’s seen a hundred years of sunsets.
Forget the London tube map for a minute. 🚇➡️🌳 the shires england
There is a version of England that exists beyond the M25. You find it when the dual carriageway narrows to a single lane, lined with cow parsley and hawthorn. This is the land of the Shires. Rolling hills
📍 • Yorkshire – God’s own county. Moors, dales, and the friendliest welcome. • Cotswolds (Glos/Oxon/Warks) – Postcard-perfect. Think Bourton-on-the-Water & Chipping Campden. • Shropshire – "The quiet one." Hills, castles, and hardly a tourist in sight. • Kent – The Garden of England. Orchards, oast houses, and white cliffs. • Devon & Cornwall – Cream teas (jam first? debate below) and rugged coastlines. Forget the London tube map for a minute
To travel the Shires is to understand the quiet backbone of England. No flash. Just fields, flint churches, and the distant sound of a tractor.
Which shire has your heart?
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