This reminds me of the Thomas Wolfe "You can't go home again" idea. I have tried to repeat magical experiences frequently in tiny English villages, and somehow they are never quite the same as when you first discover them. Being a lover of English villages,though, I would recommend the Cotswolds with literally hundreds of villages within a few mile span in the corner of Oxfordshire, Warwickshire and Worcestershire. Such places as Upper and Lower Slaughter, Bourton on the Water, Stanton, Stanway and Snowshill, Bibury, Broadway,Great Rissingtooon, Little Rissington, well, as you can see thee list is endless. My wife and I just get in the car and drive for hours, stopping at whatever we fancy. Still have just scratched the surface. For thatched villages, I think Hampshire and WIltshire and Somerset seem to have a lot of quaint villages, and who could leave out the beautiful Devon, Cornwall and Dorset Villages? Well, I have to go plan a trip, see you later!