Cotswold Way Cotswolds

Just finished a week of trekking along the UK's Cotswold Way. 12 hour walking days and comping in the "woods". And the weather held up - that was the most important part!You would only attempt this in the "summer" months, otherwise the days are too short ...

... then drops steeply and confusingly into broad-leaf woodland.   Confusing because the Harvey map definitely shows that The Cotswold Way crosses heathland at this point... Luckily some local walkers put me straight and confirm that I'm not going the ...

... I have in ages, I follow the path up steep ridges to Leckhampton Hill.  It's warm but rather grey, and the Cotswold Way twists and turns on the Cotswold Hills and through historic beech forests. Unfortunately the path is intersected by two major ...

... are even more picture-perfect.  No wonder Hollywood directors are obsessed with using shots of the Cotswolds as their image of "England"!  The Cotswold Way is easy to follow and day one winds past numerous honey-coloured stone houses and ...

... in the 'Madonna' mould. After a couple of miles we were compromised, did we take a long detour, or reluctantly rejoin the Cotswold Way for an ascent through steep woods? Commonsense dictated - mindful that legs and joints had suffered it was with mixed ...

... a first hand view of her thought process. Scary idea, I know. Scene: the control center of Sonia's brain, somewhere on the Cotswold Way. Commander: All right, brain, we've got a situation. We've somehow gotten ourselves trapped on the - what is it ...

... walked past the church with the church bells still ringing. We continued on our walk to Sheepscombe, but we wanted to walk on the Cotswold Way on what are called "public footpaths", but sometimes there is no path at all and it's a walk across fields. We ...

... lot - the first Brits to join us! - and gave us a lift down to Chipping Campden, the lovely market town where the Cotswold Way terminates. There we had a very nice dinner, were stunned to discover that the chef didn't believe in chocolate, and launched ...

... .com (could quite happily buy everything in their shop) We went for a massive three hour walk yesterday on part of the Cotswold way across fields, through forest and saw baby lambs, pheasants (they are everywhere here) and lots of cute little violets, ...

... detailed. Our mistake the first day wasn't the books fault....we missed a sign post. (We found this out by talking with a Cotswold Way trail worker) Anyway, the maps are not to scale so sometimes its a little difficult, a lot difficult to judge ...