Dog-Friendly Weekends: Cotswolds : 25 breaks for you and your dog

New from Bradt is Dog-friendly Cotswolds, written by canine-travel expert Lottie Gross (author of Bradt's best-selling Dog-friendly Weekends), who proposes 25 excursions and holiday ideas for dog lovers in this popular English region just 60 miles from London - from city breaks to outdoorsy days, from characterful campsites to pubs welcoming furry friends. The Cotswolds has endless appeal for any traveller thanks to its handsome, golden-hued villages and bucolic landscapes. But for dog owners, it is especially enchanting. Rolling hills criss-crossed by well-marked footpaths, including the 102-mile-long Cotswolds Way National Trail, make this prime walking country, and with a healthy smattering of incredible dog-friendly pubs and hotels across the region, it is the perfect destination for a fresh-air-filled break with your pet. It's not all about walking here, though - the Cotswolds' beautiful towns and villages are home to as many dogs as visitors bring, so shops and restaurants cater well for the canine-accompanied. There are also myriad attractions that welcome dogs alongside people, from the Cotswold Motoring Museum, duck race and river football match in Bourton-on-the-Water to Cotswold Farm Park and steam trains. Energetic activities abound too, from canoeing on the River Thames to propelling a pedalo around the Cotswold Water Park, while cultural highlights include castles, Neolithic stone circles and Roman remains. Beyond the boundaries of this much-loved National Landscape are some of the UK's most exciting urban centres, which are perfect for rainy days, cultural enrichment or fine dining: there's Oxford, home of literary greats, to the southeast, Bristol and Bath in the south, and Gloucester, Cheltenham and Worcester in the northwest. Stratford-upon-Avon also sits on the fringes of the Cotswolds, offering excursions into Shakespeare's world to complement meanders along its river. The 25 ideas are complemented by assessments of accommodation options: to rese