WITH genteel chocolate boxstyle villages, cosy inns and rolling hills, the Cotswolds do an excellent job of minding their own business in the countryside.

IN THE heart of some of England’s finest and historic countryside, find a comfy hotel where traditional style meets the iPod generation.

PUT an innovative service offered by a country house hotel in the Cotswolds to the test.

SHOULD I choose with goose down (“sumptuously soft and comfortable”) or duck feather (“total feather luxury and support”)?