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    SET IN STONE

    Jun 25, 2020 5 minutes
    Words Annette Warren
    Photographs Clive Nichols

    There is every reason why the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire have been designated an ‘Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty’. Rolling hills, charming market towns and chocolate-box cottages form the quintessential classic English rural scene. Away from the hub of busy tourist spots, sleepy honeyed stone villages are tucked into pockets of countryside where gentle streams meander beside the narrow lanes. Chedworth, near Cirencester, is one such village.

    Bee Eastman made the village her home in 2011. A former forensic consultant, on moving to her pretty cottage, Bee expanded her gardening pastime into a full-time passion, which she enjoys alongside her new-found hobby of stone carving and etching. ‘Since retiring, I decided to explore my creative side by enrolling at the Putney School of Art and Design,’

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