A longer walk today from my front door. Initially I followed the Warden's Way past Sudeley Castle, Sudeley Lodge and Parks Farm to Deadmanbury Gate. Then trhough Guiting Wood to Manor House and up to Kineton. Returning past Sheephouse Barn, around the edge of Guiting Wood joining the Winchcombe Way through Little Farmcote and then on the Gloucestershire Way to return to Winchcombe. Cool with a hazy sun. The Cotswolds are in my view at their most glorious at this time of the year. Fresh green leaves as the trees and hedgerows come alive, an abundance of wild flowers combined with bright splashes of yellow as the rapeseed fields flower.
13.5 miles and 1800 feet of ascent.
Leaving Winchcombe
Past the gatehouse to Sudeley Castle
The Warden's Way going through Home Parks
Lambs playing
Rapeseed
Cleeve Hill in the far distance
Looking back at the castle and Winchcombe
The new an repaired stone wall perfectly spliced into the old by the Saltway
Guiting Woods
The ford on Critchford Lane
The Halfway House at Kineton
Wisteria
Guiting Woods in the distance
Looking across to North Farmcote
Looking back down on Winchcombe and Langley Hill
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