Wednesday 3rd July Cotwold Way from Little Sodbury to Wootton-under-Edge

The third leg of the Cotswold Way form Little Sodbury to Wootton-under-Edge. A beautiful hot summers day with good distant views. A much longer journey as we were delayed for nearly an hour by temporary traffic lights on Cleeve Hill so it was good to get going.

From the church at Little Sodbury we headed toward Horton. Then along  Bath Lane to The Barton and on to the Somerset Monument. Gently downhill  for some time to Lower Kilcott. We stopped for lunch near Kilcott Mill. Again fairly level to Alderley and Wortley then steeply up the escarpment to Wortley Hill.. Down Blackquarries Hill to Holywell and on to Wotton-under-Edge

Just under 11 miles and 1800 feet ascent.

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This is the Millenium Folly built in 2000 on Horton Hill to provide nesting places for swallows and barn owls. It's just below the Iorn Age hillfort.

Just a little further on we had a good view of Wootton-under-Edge in the distance as can be seen by this highly zoomed in image. Tyndals's Tower can be seen on the left.

The severn bridge and Wales in the other direction

The Somerset Monument built in 1846 to commerate Lord Robert Somerset.

Lunch stop near Kilcott Mill

Shetland pony foal   

A sunken pathway on the way up the steeper bit.

Arriving at the top

The final stretch alongside the stream into Wootton-under-Edge

Wootton-under-Edge