6:13 pm - 12/13/2012
Taylor Swift is taking the road less traveled for her birthday.
The country star, who turns 23 on Thursday, has been getting a tour of rural northern England – where a fan snapped this photo – from her beau, One Direction singer Harry Styles.
The couple ate dinner by an open fire in a country pub and toured the picturesque Lake District, picking up classic children's souvenirs – and goofing around to seasonal songs in a shop.
On Tuesday night they popped into the Rising Sun pub in Hope Valley, in the Peak District, about 170 miles north of London, where they dined on "traditional English food," manager Sarah Walker tells PEOPLE.
Sitting in an alcove by the fire, they were joined by two friends about their age, locals report. There was little evidence of them behaving like boyfriend and girlfriend, Walker says.
"She was polite and pleasant – fantastic," Walker says. "She is just having a nice tour of England. They were like any typical group of people having dinner. Everyone thinks they are a couple, but to be honest, we had no sense of that at all."
Swift said she "loved" being in Britain and was "excited about her birthday," Walker adds.
With calls coming into the pub from as far away as California and Canada, it shows the reach of the boy band and country star. People are already asking to sit in their special table, Walker reports.
The following day, the couple were spotted a little further northwest, in the Lake District. At Bowness, they stopped into the World of Beatrix Potter to visit the store. Swift bought some soft toys, and she and Styles struck the workers as "nice and charming," chief executive Andy Poole says.
Styles, who is from the north of England, and Swift were being shepherded around by Styles's mom.
"They were dancing around to the seasonal music being played. Harry was being the most boisterous," Poole reports. Sadly, they didn’t break into song. "They didn’t give any impromptu concert, no!"
But Swift's birthday has been more than fun for the singer, she's also marking it with two professional milestones.
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Taylor Swift & Harry Styles Get Away – Far Away – for Her Birthday
Taylor Swift is taking the road less traveled for her birthday.
The country star, who turns 23 on Thursday, has been getting a tour of rural northern England – where a fan snapped this photo – from her beau, One Direction singer Harry Styles.
The couple ate dinner by an open fire in a country pub and toured the picturesque Lake District, picking up classic children's souvenirs – and goofing around to seasonal songs in a shop.
On Tuesday night they popped into the Rising Sun pub in Hope Valley, in the Peak District, about 170 miles north of London, where they dined on "traditional English food," manager Sarah Walker tells PEOPLE.
Sitting in an alcove by the fire, they were joined by two friends about their age, locals report. There was little evidence of them behaving like boyfriend and girlfriend, Walker says.
"She was polite and pleasant – fantastic," Walker says. "She is just having a nice tour of England. They were like any typical group of people having dinner. Everyone thinks they are a couple, but to be honest, we had no sense of that at all."
Swift said she "loved" being in Britain and was "excited about her birthday," Walker adds.
With calls coming into the pub from as far away as California and Canada, it shows the reach of the boy band and country star. People are already asking to sit in their special table, Walker reports.
The following day, the couple were spotted a little further northwest, in the Lake District. At Bowness, they stopped into the World of Beatrix Potter to visit the store. Swift bought some soft toys, and she and Styles struck the workers as "nice and charming," chief executive Andy Poole says.
Styles, who is from the north of England, and Swift were being shepherded around by Styles's mom.
"They were dancing around to the seasonal music being played. Harry was being the most boisterous," Poole reports. Sadly, they didn’t break into song. "They didn’t give any impromptu concert, no!"
But Swift's birthday has been more than fun for the singer, she's also marking it with two professional milestones.
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it might not be PR for her now but when her next album comes out people will all be talking about which songs are about harry
-- The paps for zoo date only showed up to take pictures AFTER twitter users reported they were there... paps were not there waiting and therefore hadn't been 'called'.
-- If publicists wanted to set up a fake relationship for two stars catering to the TWEEN demographic, one of whom is TAYLOR SWIFT, they would not do so with photo ops of them entering the hotel late at night to fuck and doing the walk of shame the next morning. (Photo ops would be lunch dates, coffee runs, red carpet pictures together).
-- No two people who are in a PR relationship are going to vacation together over the holiday season with family members in rural England where the only photos of them are blurry, dark, cameraphone pictures.
maybe, Roll (My Eyes)
"The Situation Got Hairy"
"We Lost Our Direction"
"I Need a New Direction"
new direction
I don't suit those Styles
i am curious as to whether or not they use baked beans bc if so i am fucking there for beans on toast. can i put little hot dog slices on top?
bloodblack puddingEdited at 2012-12-13 06:24 pm (UTC)
lol
lmao
well done Taylor on persuading the right people instead of winning on merit alone
I still lol about her pretending she never went after Les Miserables
that purse so not cute though..and definitely not something I would have thought she would like
it's almost like you don't even know her :(
GET A LIFE PEOPLE.
(still <3 the OP tho!)
this is PEOPLE :D
This shade rn lol.
The other 1Directioners should be like "you can't sit with us!" when Harry sees them again coz ew