My first opportunity to lead a walk for the ramblers since joing in April. 21 in all at the car park in Stanton. We followed Cotswold Way up to Shenbarrow Hill - a steep climb which sharpens as you near the top - 700 feet in just over a mile. That was the end of the climbing - all down hill or gently undulating from here. On to the Winchcombe Way for a short while before stopping for coffee in Stanway Ash Wood. On to Stumps Cross and along Campden Lane before following the Cotswold Way to Beckbury Monunment and then down to Hailes for the lunch stop at the church. Back on the Winchombe Way to Stanton going through Wood Stanway and Stanway.
9.5 miles 1000 feet ascent.
Cleeve Group Ramblers
Stanton
After the climb
Coffee stop....
...and then the cavalry came. They were not going to wait for the walkers!
Stumps Cross - replica
Beckbury Monument.
The little church at Hailes.
On the Winchombe Way
Wood Stanway
Stanway House and church
Final gentle climb.
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