ABOUT ME

The Weekend Tourist is a blog written by Jess Friend Bartlett. Sometimes we only do touristy things on holiday - 25 days annual leave a year. That’s a shame, as we’ve 104 weekend days for exploring. This blog is all about discovering your local neighbourhood, attractions, historic places, local eateries and independents, which for me is in Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and the wider Cotswolds, UK. And when annual leave adds up, you'll find the occasional far flung adventure.

Gin tasting at The Cotswolds Distillery
Roasts at The Falcon Inn, Painswick
Meeting Flo and the girls at Nell’s Dairy
Lunch at delicious Delicacy Deli, Chipping Norton
Eating our way around the Big Feastival
Discovering your inner Robin Hood with Cotswold Archery
Being Vegan at Ryton Organic Gardens
Painswick Rococo Gardens – one of the Daily Mail’s top 20!
Tickittyshake – one problem, too much choice!