I'm a market town girl at heart. I adore cute villages with historic buildings , meandering rivers, boutique shops, and cosy pubs. The Cotswolds are stunning – but almost year-round their honey-coloured villages, including Bourton-on-the-Water , Stow-on-the-Wold, and Lower Slaughter, are packed with coachloads of snap-happy tourists. According to Gloucestershire Live it's "free-for-all chaos" complete with noise, litter, and traffic jams . Even TikTokkers can't resist. A councillor recently