Tuesday 7th July 2026 Naunton

From Naunton following the Warden's Way to Upper and Lower Slaughter. Returning on the Macmillan Way and the Windrush Way. On the edge of another heat wave with temperatures in the high 20C's at the end. It was hot! 10 miles with 900 feet ascent.

Naunton

Not much rain for a while so our green and pleasant land is going brown again.

The ford at Upper Slaughter

Iconic Lower Slaughter

The railway bridge for the disused railway line at Bowman's Hay

Returning to Naunton and the dovecote

Thursday 2nd July 2026 Cold Aston

A 10 mile solo walk from Cold Aston and a recce for another day later in the year. With the promise of higher temperatures I started walking at 7:30am. Major road works in Cold Aston which will go on until October! Initially on the path around Folly Farm then on the Gloucestershire Way to Notgrove to Salperton. South to Hazleton on the Diamond Way to Turkdean and returning to Cold Aston

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The avenue of trees in the distance on the Gloucestershire Way

Rolling Cotswold landscape

St Andrew's church Hazleton

Turkdean