This is most helpful and we would like to extend our stay to cover the Cotswolds. I am looking at the rail link and maybe taking from SOU central with connection at Reading to Morton-in Marsh, using this area as our base? I see that there are tour options offered from M.I.M. We would probably hire a private transfer to LHR. Driving would not be an option for us. I will check the other tour options from arriving ships at SOU too. I love your "thinking outside the box".!