The best weather of the week for Jill's walk
We head through "Tony Drake's field" on the Cotswold Way
And soon gain views up to Edge Common - where we are heading
Bluebells flowering well
Erica volunteers to back mark
Jill watches us across the Stroud - Gloucester road near the Edgemoor Inn
And we continue uphill
And Jill tells us a bit about the problems that she met near Harescombe on the walkover
But the farmer has made it easy for us and we arrive at Harescombe with the "oldest bell in Gloucestershire."
A beautiful interior
Wild daffoldils outside and on the alter cloth
We spot two bell ropes
Leading up to the very unusual bellcote
Here are the two bells, one dating from 1181. It was reinstalled in the new 1315 church.
We head back across level fields
With Haresfield Beacon behind us
Several stiles to space us out
Almost like parkland here
We now cross the Gloucester Road and climb steeply, pausing for the views behind
At the top of Huddinknoll Hill
And there's Painswick Beacon
New trees coming soon?
Kingcups in full flower
We hear quiet tooting - it's a new method of driving the flock!
Our flock awaits Jill to show us the final way back to the cars
Photos and captions by Mike