The area where The Englishman lives (the Vale of Pewsey) is indescribably gorgeous: green fields, woodlands, endless rolling hills, and through the middle runs the Kennet & Avon Canal.
Now I often poke fun at Teh Brits for going into a DefCon1 Panic Attack when a few flakes of snow float down and render their roads “impassable” (in Wisconsin, these conditions would be known as “late September”).
But when snow falls on the Vale of Pewsey’s Kennet & Avon Canal, you get views like this:
Compare and contrast the same canal in summer (this pic taken near Devizes, not Pewsey itself):
No trip to Britishland should be considered complete without a drive through Wiltshire.
Narrowboats are so cool.
Or you could just visit Washington State. There’s even fjords.
Long time reader, just wanted to congratulate you on the marriage. God speed and much happiness to you both.
Wiltshire is indeed lovely.