After a good night's sleep, we checked out the breakfast menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030990 and then the breakfast that followed ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030991 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030992 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030993 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030994 before heading to the nearby town of Winchcombe where we recorded this sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030995 and a local street scene ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030996 as well as a sign about the great war ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030997 before observing some flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030998 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1030999 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040001 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040002 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040003 and the community plot ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040004 and the day's first sign for the dog collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040005 before we passed through this kissing gate to begin our hike for the day ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040006 guided by signs such as these all the way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040007 and then we came to the next stile ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040008 as Suzanne moved through the foliage ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040009 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040010 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040011 and we admired remarkable views ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040012 and guiding signs. Such was not the case for the entire day as we unfortunately discovered. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040013 The scenery was spectacular ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040014 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040015 as we approached Corndean Hall ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040016 and saw this pillbox that had been used during the way for armaments ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040017 and looked out across fields, there would be many during the day, of beautiful flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040018 as Suzanne posed by the pillbox ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040019 and we made our way on to the cricket field ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040020 moving our way up the hill ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040021 to where the horses seemed to spend their day admiring the view ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040022 as I waited for Suzanne to climb the last bit of this hill ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040023 and so admired what I saw ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040024 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040025 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040026 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040027 including the village below ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040028 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040029 before we came to the next gate ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040030 as Suzanne continued her climb ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040031 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040032 and we reached this sign which didn't say anything of value. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040033 Marching on, we ran into many sheep ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040034 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040035 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040036 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040037 as we made our way down the road ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040038 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040039 towards a sign that said Hill Barn though it was a challenge to read the sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040040 but this was the barn area ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040041 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040042 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040043 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040044 and the view below to the village we had left ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040045 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040046 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040047 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040048 as we walked through yellow fields of amazing flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040049 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040050 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040051 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040052 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040053 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040054 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040055 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040056 eventually passing a man and his dog out for a run ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040057 as we continued through the fields until we saw this remarkable stone wall (of which there were many) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040058 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040059 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040060 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040061 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040062 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040063 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040064 and the path over it, a proverbial stile, ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040065 which Suzanne took ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040066 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040067 as we saw more remarkable fields in the distance ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040068 though we had arrived at Belas Knap Long Barrow ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040069 which is a prehistoric burial ground as described in this poster ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040070 and so proceeded to explore the various openings ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040071 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040072 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040073 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040074 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040075 with Suzanne posing in one of them (though thankfully not dead) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040076 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040077 before we took a final photo ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040078 and headed off to a place where there was moss by the side of the path ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040079 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040080 and the yellow fields continued to pop up ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040081 along with this view down towards the city ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040082 and an alternate view of the fields around us which gave a remarkable panorama ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040083 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040084 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040085 which amused Suzanne ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040086 and walking down a final hill, we ran into this couple from Seattle who were marching from B&B to B&B and having their baggage carried for them ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040087 and then saw this sign which signifies a ruin (in this case Belas Knap) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040088 and headed through the woods ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040089 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040090 seeing this other sign signifying a ruin ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040091 before Suzanne climbed another stile ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040092 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040093 and we were suitably warned about the company we might be keeping ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040094 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040095 but all we saw were these mushrooms growing on a tree ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040096 and this warning sign about the electricity ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040097 before we came to a sign signifying our path ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040098 and this shade ramada at a ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040099 house we passed ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040100 which had this warning sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040101 and this yard ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040102 but we marched on ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040103 and saw Sudeley Castle ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040104 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040105 and the town in the distance ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040106 and so continued the path ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040107 to and past this house ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040108 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040109 stopping to admire the flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040110 as Suzanne made her way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040111 to and across the little foot bridge ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040112 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040113 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040114 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040115 which brought the town church a bit closer ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040116 in the sky scape of the town ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040117 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040118 and so we kept walking past flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040119 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040120 realizing we were almost there yet ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040121 but we got diverted by the possibility of a visit to the castle and so we went through the outer gates ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040122 to this water which may have been the original moat ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040123 and past a remarkable playground at the castle ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040124 complete with zip line ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040125 stopping to get the sign for the collection of dog photos ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040126 before we reached the castle and decided to skip a visit there ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040127 but we did record these signs for the collection of dog signs ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040128 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040129 before passing the little Letting Shop which rented housing ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040130 and found this unwelcome sign on our windshield because we hadn't realized that there was a parking time limit. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040131 Before departing, I recorded the pages that describe the walk we just complete, so as not to miss any details. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040132 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040133 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040134 Then we were off to Broadway where the car was parked (but we were aware of time limits) and so we captured a street scene ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040135 and then a menu that seemed like it might be a mistake ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040136 and more street scenes ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040137 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040138 including the vegetables and fruit ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040139 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040140 while being warned about the importance of minding one's head ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040141 and then we explored the town green and shops ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040142 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040143 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040144 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040145 before deciding to have lunch at Hinters ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040146 where this was the menu ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040147 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040148 and our ploughman's plate. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040149 Our next stop was Stow-on-the-Wold where we did some exploring ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040150 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040151 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040152 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040153 and captured this sign for the dog collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040154 en route to the church ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040155 which recorded the Battle of Stow ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040156 where there was an interesting policy ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040157 and we learned about how the clock was wound for 110 years before it was automated ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040158 and then recorded these signs for the dog collection ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040159 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040160 and this sign at the oldest hotel in England (or so they claim) ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040161 even as we noted the road sign that would take us onward and home ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040162 and we then drove on towards the Slaughters but in Lower Slaughter I was given an unfortunate description by an unhappy person (and I don't know what I did wrong) and in Upper Slaughter we didn't find the center of town ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040163 though we did get this sign in Lower Slaughter. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040164 Next we drove on to Guiting Power where we parked behind a car with this license plate ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040165 and then went by the old post office ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040166 which was near the starting point of our walk which took us past these sheep ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040167 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040168 and flowers ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040169 on the way to the stone quarries from which the houses have been built for over 500 years ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040170 with this barn marking a key point on our tour ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040171 as Suzanne read about our way ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040172 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040173 when we came to a Wardens Way sign which suggested we were doing ok ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040174 and so we didn't pay a lot of attention to this sign ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040175 as we made our way over an interesting type of bridge ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040176 and walked on ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040177 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040178 past fields of poppies ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040179 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040180 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040181 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040182 mixed with fields of yellow ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040183 and poppies. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040184 Since it was advertised as a 2 mile walk and we felt the we had already walked 2 miles, we were concerned to see this sign but felt that there must be a short cut ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040185 as we headed down the trail to a ford which keeps cars away ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040186 and the ford was crossed by us by this bridge, of a type that came from prehistoric times ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040187 and this led us, unfortunately incorrectly, to fields of livestock, who while cute became less cute ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040188 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040189 as we continued to back and forth looking for the right road and asking people who couldn't help us until we found a delightful young girl who gave us precise directions after more than an hour tracing our steps to find the right turn. Unfortunately we did not take her photo. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040190 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040191 But we did find ourselves back at Guiting Major with the sheep and the town in the distance ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040192 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040193 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040194 ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040195 and this warning I would take seriously ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040196 before we passed a door that was made to look like a phone booth ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040197 and then made our way back to our local pub where the kitchen was closed though they could serve us these crisps. ../../../Sabbat/2013/06.25-07.14.13EnglandAndScotland//P1040198