For the first time since lockdown, Fairford appeared to be getting back to some normality.

Pubs and restaurants opened this weekend and hairdressers are now being allowed to open as well whilst adhering to strict Covid-19 Government guidelines.

Some visitors to our local hostelries braved the rain and abnormally cold weather to sit outside and enjoy a pint or a glass of wine with other pub-goers for the first time.

One of the hostelries that re-opened in Fairford was the Bull Hotel.

The new managers, Jacqui and Adrian Bartels, enlisted the help of Fairford Town Crier, Andy Stopka, to cry in the Market Place that the hotel was open.