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Walking distance: 12 miles
Walking time: about 6.75 hours including breaks.
Weather: Overcast, some drizzle and other types of rain, still fairly warm.
After a good night's sleep and an "Award winning" breakfast we set off for a full day of walking. The weather had changed a bit over night, but in the end we were grateful for the bits of rain that kept us cool on this walk. Way points were: Stanton, Stanway House, Wood Stanway, and Hailes Abbey,
We left the B&B at about 10:00 and had to almost immediately climb up the first hill of the day. The walk was still well sign-posted and it was also fun following the route in the guide book while walking. We had our own picnic lunch for the day, only finding the right spot for it proved a bit difficult: It was either raining, or there were other walkers using the few benches available, or there was nothing to sit down and be a bit sheltered. In the end we found a nice big tree just after we left Wood Stanway and we could fuel up for the next hill to climb over.
We reached our destination - Winchcombe - around 16:45, just in time to still be served a nice cream tea. After that it wasn't long until our pre-ordered taxi arrived to take us back to Broadway (no public transport on a Sunday!). From there it was an hour's drive back home and thanks to it being the Bank Holiday weekend we had still the Monday off to recover from this great walking adventure, the start to our Cotswold Way walk!
More details of the second stage of the walk are in this photo album:
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| CotswoldWayII - click on the picture to open the album |
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