Hurrah for the English Countyside

I'm just back from afew days with my wife and father-in-law in a farmhouse cottage in the County of Dorset. Every time I pry myself away from greater London and get out into the English countryside, the beauty and peace of life, not to mention the village pubs and multitude of thatched roofs, is a joy. So many American and other foreign visitors to England only really see London, with maybe a day trip or two to Stonehenge or Oxford or the like. There can be no other country so rich in interesting and evocative places to visit - and more to the point spend some time exploring - than England. As I have grown so fond of France (Paris AND non-Paris) and Belgium (Brussels AND non-Brussels), so guests in this country should properly partake of the treasures beyond the Metropolis.