Archive for May, 2013

Day 9 – Victory!

Start:  Cold Ashton Finish:  Bath Mileage:  11 miles It was with great lament and sadness that I went to bed last night knowing that today would be the last day of our trek 105 miles south from Chipping Camden winding our way all the way down to Bath.  Standing on top of some of the […]

Day 8

Start:  Little Sodbury Finish:  Cold Ashton Mileage:  11 miles After traipsing through the forest and down the hill, we landed in a small hamlet where we accosted two village women who were more than happy to take our picture with the Cotswold sign.  They were not only willing to play photographer for us, but told […]

Day 7

Day 7 Start:  Wotten-under-Edge Stop:  Little Sodbury Mileage:  12 miles, plus a few extra jaunts up and down a couple of hills! Today we descended off the last hilltop of the escarpment itself.  Immediately the countryside started looking very different.  Instead of steep ascents with long, long vistas while we roamed around up top and […]

Day 6

Start:  Middle Yard Stop:  Wotten-Under-Edge Mileage:  15.5 (I’m a bit behind due to lack of internet, but here’s the update on Day 6). OK, it was a very long day today but another glorious one.  Have to say when hiking straight up one hill and then following our trail along the top of the escarpment […]

Day 5

Start:  Painswick Stop:  Middleyard Distance:  10 miles We are seriously settling in now.  We didn’t even leave this morning til 11:00.  Instead of heading out right away we meandered through the quaint little village of Painswick, had a coffee and visited with some folks from northern Florida who had rented a cottage for a week […]