Category: Cotswolds Way

Florence Reunion ~ July 4, 2016

  • Monday, July 4, 2016
  • Day 65 (Day 4 Cotswolds)
  • Painswick
  • Distance: 19 miles (51 total miles)
  • Ascent 2,697 feet and descent 2,545 feet
  • Time: 9 1/2 hours
  • Weather: 60-75 degrees blue skies with white clouds becoming cloudy

Sam, a friend met in Florence and currently living in England, join Joanna and me for the day’s walk.

  1. Towards Painswick
  2. Towards Painswick
  3. Towards Painswick

Beware!  Golf Balls ~ July 3, 2016

  • Sunday, July 3, 2016
  • Day 64, (Day 3 Cotswolds)
  • Charlton Kings
  • Distance: 12 1/2 miles (32 total miles)
  • Ascent 1,779 feet and descent 1,829 feet
  • Time: 7 1/2 hours
  • Weather: 60-75 degrees blue skies with white clouds

Walkers, as well as sheep, beware of golf balls as the Cotswolds Way meanders through Cleeve Cloud Golf Course. It provided a perfect picnic site.

  1. Leaving Winchcombe
  2. Leaving Winchcombe
  3. Leaving Winchcombe

All Captured ~ July 3, 2016

  • Sunday, July 3, 2016
  • Day 64, (Day 3 Cotswolds)
  • Charlton Kings
  • Distance: 12 1/2 miles (32 total miles)
  • Ascent 1,779 feet and descent 1,829 feet
  • Time: 7 1/2 hours
  • Weather: 60-75 degrees blue skies with white clouds

Winchcombe, like all villages, is surrounded by country side. From our perch we watch a lady preform dressage on a handsome black horse. Sheep, horse, cricket field, homes, and church all captured in one photo.

  1. Leaving Winchcombe
  2. Leaving Winchcombe
  3. Toward Charlton Kings

Going to the Chapel ~ July 2, 2016

  • Saturday, July 2, 2016
  • Day 63 (Day 2 Cotswolds)
  • Winchcombe
  • Distance: 12 miles (19 1/2 total miles)
  • Ascent 1,685 feet and descent 1,646 feet
  • Time: 6 1/2 hours
  • Weather: 60-75 degrees blue skies, overcast, few brief rain

“Going to the chapel and we’re gonna to get married.”  This Dixie Cups tune captured the moment.

  1. Toward Winchcombe
  2. Toward Winchcombe
  3. Toward Winchcombe

English Breakfast ~ July 2, 2016

  • Saturday, July 2, 2016
  • Day 63 (Day 2 Cotswolds)
  • Winchcombe
  • Distance: 12 miles (19 1/2 total miles)
  • Ascent 1,685 feet and descent 1,646 feet
  • Time: 6 1/2 hours
  • Weather: 60-75 degrees blue skies, overcast, few brief rain sprinkles

English breakfast…no one does it like the English.

  1. Broadway – Dove Cottage
  2. Broadway  – Dove Cottage
  3. Broadway  – Dove Cottage

Folley ~ July 1, 2016

  • Friday, July 1, 2016
  • Day 62 (Day 1 Cotswolds)
  • Broadway
  • Distance: 7 1/2 miles (7 1/2 total miles)
  • Ascent 887 feet and descent 1,008 feet
  • Time: 4 1/2 hours
  • Weather: 60-75 degrees overcast becoming blue skies with clouds

Broadway Tower, a magnificent folly, built in 1798 for no other specific purpose than to impress the neighbors. It didn’t seem to sway the neighboring deer.

  1. Toward Broadway
  2. Toward Broadway
  3. Toward Broadway