Blogs from Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Well day two started well we drove to Stanton and left the car. If you read yesterday's post you would have seen we got lost in a tiny village looking for a bus and that was Stanton so you would have thought we would have known our way around this little village. NO we did not learn a thing and spent another 1/2 hour walking around this tiny village looking for where we needed to start our walk. Anyway we found the start and off we walk. What a lovely part of the countryside it is so picturesque and if you have never been around this part of the country then it should be on your list. So we get to one field and what do I see a sign saying "Bull in Field" this is ... read more

The big day dawned & we had a tasty breakfast, showered & headed up to the barn to put on the finishing touches. I then got changed & Vix drove me over to Cheltenham for the legal bit at the registry office withnessed by close family & a few friends only. Very simple but nice ceremony there. We then headed back to Postlip for a quick bite & anothger change into the real wedding clothes! Mark got changed & headed down to the barn to meet & greet the guests whilst Clare, Vix & Zahira got th task of making me look as pretty as possible! Running a tad late the lovely B&B owner ran us down in her 4x4. Just as we were catching our breaths we heard the entrance music playing - Saffron's Wedding ... read more

Geo: 51.9532, -1.96476Ok, so the real title should be "What goes up, must come down....oh *!$%&, it goes up again!First the good news.....no blisters, we were't attacked by random farm animals, we eventually made it to Winchecomb, I didn't have a meltdown (ok, it was small and hardly noticable)The bad news....We walked an unnecessary 2 miles by missing a sign post (if this were the Amazing Race, we'd be on our way home), my left foot hurt so badly by days end that, if given the choice, I may have considered chopping it off!more good news....the weather was fabulous and we didn't get hit by a car....we were also laughing not long after reaching our destination.So the day started with me taking more door knocker pictures (they really are spectacular). We knew that this terrain was ... read more

Walk to Hailes Abbey via the Cotswolds Way We walked northwards on the High Street and it led us to Hailes Road. Then, we found the signpost of the Cotswolds Way and Puck Pit Lane, known as Pilgrim's Way. Reading through the guidebook, Pilgrim's Way was the route where the pilgrims followed to go to the sacred place, Hailes Abbey between 13th and the beginning of the 16th century. After going past the footpath, the Pilgrim's Way led us to the open pasture land. We walked through the ground where countless sheep grazed and were wondering about, whilst viewing golden coloured corn field with scattered trees and seeing honey coloured houses and church's spire beyond. We spotted the steam railway running through the villages. We reached the destination at 12 o'clock. Hailes Abbey We showed our ... read more