Costwads to Chilterns

Overnight, I found myself inexplicably in deepest Gloucestershire in Bibury, home of the iconic Weavers' Cottages. This morning, I pushed the pedals and returned to the smoke through more nooks and crannies of what it one of the hottest 'in' areas to live in the world: The Costwads. An area bereft of cornershops and offies; no sign of a take-away or a curry. No sign of anything at all - except the sandy stone cottages and manor houses and churches of this Knight Frank territory.
The Cotswolds are quite extraordinary in a road crash kind of way.

NCR 57 does most of the navigation work for you but I did deviate here and there for the thrill of an A road.
Selected highlights include Burford High Street; the wee lanes that take you to Leofield; the speedy but quiet B4027; the Thame-Princes Risborough cycle path also known as the Phoenix Way, and a burst of the lung-busting Chilterns.
I'd taken a train to Bicester the previous day - £9 in advance then returned from Amersham - out there on the outer limits of the Oyster Galaxy - for £4.