Russells of Broadway Worcs

Russell’s co-owner Andrew Riley meets us at the door with a cheery smile and
says he%26rsquo;ll show us to the room. %26ldquo;C%26rsquo;mon, give me your bag - I%26rsquo;m going there
anyway, so I may as well be helpful.%26rdquo;

He is - and entertaining with it. %26ldquo;Blimey, they had the room cold last night,%26rdquo;
he says, juggling the thermostat. Now he%26rsquo;s into the bathroom. %26ldquo;The taps go
sideways, not up and down as I did the first time. I thought we had no
water.%26rdquo;

He breezes out, showing us DVDs and CDs by the honesty bar on the landing and,
hallelujah, fresh milk in the fridge for our tea. What a nice start to our
stay at Russell’s.

It is a restaurant with rooms, which opened in the pretty pastiche Cotswold
village of Broadway in 2004. The building had been the home of furniture
designer Gordon Russell and fallen derelict %26ndash; since then business partners
Barry Hancox and Andrew Riley have bought the house next door and now have
seven rooms.