My Country Walks: Beckbury Monument

The penultimate leg of the Cotswold Way from Hailes to Broadway. Perfect weather for the walk - almost spring like with sunshine and no wind.

Starting by the little church at Hailes, up the track towards Farmcote and then across to the Beckbury Monument. On to Stumps Cross and steeply down to Stanway. Through the fields to Stanton with a stop for lunch. Very steeply up to Shenberrow Hill and then along the top of the escarpment before dropping gently down to Broadway

10.4 miles and 1500 feet of ascent.

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I left my camera behind so todays photos were taken with my phone.

The church at Hailes

Going up....

....to the Beckbury Monument

The avenue of trees below

An old dew pond with four wall intersecting in the middle so that all four land users could let the cattle drink water.

The hunt were about to start near Stumps Cross

Stumps Cross

Going down to Stanway

Stanway

The picturesque hamlet of Stanton

On the top with Broadway Tower in view

Broadway comes into view

A dull day with some drizzle. Starting from Temple Guiting and following the Winchcombe Way through Ford and Cutsdean. Across to Stumps Cross around the edge of Guiting Quarry and on the Cotswold Way past the Beckbury monumnet to Farmcote for the lunch stop. Across and back to Campden Lane to follow the Gloucestershire Way for a short distance before cutting down to the medieval village of Pinnock. A short steep climb through Waterloo Larch and back down to Temple Guiting in the rain.

25 on the walk. 8 miles and 950 feet ascent.