You know you're from the Cotswolds when...

... your friends went to Cirencester Agricultural College

... you see Liz Hurley in Tescos

... you've seen the Beaufort Hunt

... you know that Prince Charles was the original eco-warrior

... you voted for Zara Phillips to win BBC Sports Personality of the Year

... you buy organic vegetables from the local farm

... you've fed the trout in Bibury

... you've attended the Cheltenham Gold Cup

... you subscribe to Cotswold Life magazine

... you understand the rules of Polo

... you were forced to do country dancing at primary school

... the village fête was the social highlight of the year

... you're forced to choose between the Gloucester Cheese Rolling and the Tetbury Woolsack Races on Easter Bank Holiday

... your house is made of Cotswold stone

... you have watched the sunset over the Severn Estuary from Minchinhampton Common

... you've walked part or all of the Cotswold Way

... you've been antiques shopping in Tetbury

... your friends include sons and daughters of farmers

... you've fired a shotgun

... you've played golf on Minchinhampton Common

... you've sailed or jetskiied at South Cerney

... you wish Cirencester was still the capital city of England

... you drink in the same pubs as Prince William and Prince Harry

... you've fed the deer at Prinknash

... you've been to the Cotswold Wildlife Park

... you know that Woodstock is near Blenheim Castle rather than an American rock festival

... you travel on the Fosse Way like the Romans

... you've been to Birdland at Bourton-on-the-Water

... you refer to Prince William as Wills

... you know that the source of the Thames starts in a field near Coates and near a farm in Luckington

... your MP is Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

... you (probably) vote Conserative

... you (probably) have a 'Bollocks to Blair' sticker in your car

... your idea of a perfect sunday is a morning walk in Westonbirt Arboretum

... you follow the golf and cricket as summer pastimes

... you're sick and tired of Londoners invading at the weekends

... you would petition for the Cotswolds to become a seperate country

... you were awoken during both Gulf Wars by American B52s taking off and landing at RAF Fairford

... you have posed for photographs with numerous Japanese tourists

... you feel privileged to live in the nicest part of Britain

Tags: Cotswolds

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