Home page > Walks photos < Walks programme Message Board Guest Book About group walks Walks in the region Holidays photos News items How to join Contact us Footpath problems Local links Walking links Favourite Walks Books		southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Stinchcombe Hill Wed 11 February 2009 .
		The car park on Stinchcombe Hill - our new, rather slushy, starting point . .
		We head off along the top of the hill . .
		Soon picking up the Cotswold Way . .
		And into the open . .
		Crunchy frozen snow . .
		Passing a stone bench commemorating the donation of the area as common land by Sir Stanley Tubbs . .
		After a brief excursion downhill . .
		We retrace our steps . .
		Then continuing around the hill top . .
		What's that ahead? . .
		A topograph . .
		Although the landmarks are difficult to distinguish . .
		Jacqui, our leader, discussing the revised walk with local boy Ray . .
		Route sorted, Jacqui poses with Richard, a rare shot of our chief photographer . .
		We trudge on through the snow- is that a bus shelter? . .
		Things still looking really wintery . .
		Could be a bus shelter but no sign of buses . .
Plodding on through the snow . .
All we need are skis . .
As we head round the far side . .
Fog swirls across and walkers disappear rapidly in the distance. Turn your sound on to hear the crunching (and the M5 traffic) . .
With views now over Cam Peak and Uley Bury . .
Zooming in on Cam Peak and Long Down . .
As we stop for coffee . .
A short stretch of road as we drop slightly downhill . .
Before heading . .
Through the woods . .
And late morning winter sun . .
Eventually coming to Breakheart Quarry . .
Transformed today . .
Deer have been here . .
Looking down to Waterley Bottom . .
Jacqui checks her watch to make sure we are getting our monies worth . .
	And we walk back along the road passing a travellers encampment . .
	Before coming back onto the golf course . .
	Towards the car park . .
	Where we now have views down into the valley . .
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	Photos and captions by Richard and Mike . .
	As you can see, we thoroughly enjoy getting to know the South Cotswolds. We try to keep fit and succeed in having a good old chat. If you are interested in coming with us, see our walks programme and ring the leader if you have any questions about a particular walk. After two or three walks we hope you will then want to join the group as part of the national Ramblers' Association.