May Bank Holiday welcomes the most charming of village events round our way: the Amberley Cow Hunt. Clinging to the side of Minchinhampton Common, Amberley is one of the most picture-perfect Cotswold villages. Here, those with commoners rights can graze their livestock, and each Easter, the cows on the common are turned out and celebrated by the village. The cows supply the milk that makes the local ice cream at Winstones so they play a very important role in the community!

The Amberley Cow Hunt is an annual fundraising event run by the local playgroup and instead of looking for real cows, follows a trail looking for ‘amoosingly’ dressed up model cows. There are two routes: a village trail, ideal for pushchairs, wheelchairs and little legs, plus a route across the common, which attracts herds of people.

Half way around the trail we came across the most amazing vintage tea tent with sublime cakes, and a bell tent with face painting.  There were also two pubs on the route for further refreshments! We had great fun looking out for the cows. Our favourites were ‘cow slip’, ‘despicable moo’ and ‘mooves like jagger’. All in all, a really lovely family afternoon.