A day is never too cold to enjoy an ice cream in my opinion, and when in need of a treat there is only one place our family go – Winstones Ice Cream shop on the edge of beautiful Rodborough Common. This family-run business has been making Cotswolds ice cream since 1925 and the range of flavours never fails to impress me. Recent favourites include the sublime rhubarb crumble and the chocolate brownie, which was generously studded with chunks baked at local Hobbs House Bakery.

Not only is the ice cream scrumptious, the setting is gorgeous, offering a fabulous panorama across the Cotswold Hills. There are benches on which to sit and plenty of space for children to run around on Rodborough Common, which is dotted with wild flowers and butterflies come the summer months.

We’re regular visitors throughout the year. To celebrate his first day at school, my son chose a trip to Winstones and luxuriated in being given free rein to choose as many flakes and sprinkles as he could fit on a cone!

Images by Laura Pashby