When is a hotel not a hotel? Answer: when a family-run establishment begins life as a cookery school, then slowly - and carefully - morphs into an utterly charming and eclectic Nature-led enterprise.

Delighted The Swan has been included in the Cotswolds Gentleman’s guide to the best pubs in the Cotswolds that you should visit in 2024.

Charlie shares three of his favourite rich, comforting puddings for the winter months.

Orange, olive oil and almond upside down cake, Custard tart and Marsala poached pears….Food doesn’t get more comforting than that.

In winter, the views are softened by early morning mists and sparkling white frosts with muted grey greens and  stark silhouettes of the leafless woodland trees dominating the  landscape.

In our final conversation with Rose, we discuss the effects of stress on gut health and how breathing can significantly impact our immune function.

It’s no secret, that sleep is the the most crucial parts of our every day life. It is important for maintaining optimal health and well-being.  Like regular exercise and a balanced diet, getting enough good quality sleep improves your brain performance, mood, and overall health.

Hiding in the frosty soils of our winter kitchen garden are the knobbly brown tubers of the Jerusalem artichoke.

Sometimes called the earth apple or wild sunflower, it originated from the Americas and is a member of the daisy family.

Thymes "calendar of happenings" is packed full of seasonal lessons on how to have fun, guided by its beautiful botanical gardens in the Gloucestershire countryside.

Balance in life is so important for both health and happiness and after the high octane, often exhausting festive season, now  is the perfect time to rest, reset and be kind to ourselves.

If we can learn how to recognise the signs of low grade, chronic stress we can begin to manage it, take the matter into our own hands and restore balance in both our body and mind, to retune our engine. 

This ritual switches off the body's stress response by activating the parasympathetic nervous system through the powerful combination of diaphragmatic conscious breathing, scent, nature and positive thought training.

The effects of conscious diaphragmatic breathing, scent and nature on our wellbeing are profound, empowering and well established in scientific principals – switching off your stress response and harnessing your body’s innate ability to heal itself.

We are delighted to have been featured in The Telegraphs, best healing escapes in the UK for a touch of Winter wellness, from sliding into toasty, low-lit pools to treatments that range from simply restful to reassuringly serious.

‘A simple yet sumptuous country house, every detail at Thyme is thought through to bring guests back to nature and provide a place to truly, deeply relax.

‘If any hotel in the UK could embody an enlightened, home-grown take on wellness (and generally the good life), it would be Thyme in Gloucestershire’.