Leaving Painswick on Alex's walk
A pause to catch our breaths after a climb
And to take in the views over the valley
Our path follows between two hedgerows
Bringing us to a stream at the bottom of the valley
Which we follow for a while
Crossing over a bridge
Then heading uphill
Painswick Beacon in the distance
Sheep quietly grazing
A stop for coffee
Before continuing round the top of Hudinknoll Hill
Towards Edge
Following Alex down into the valley
What you might call a stately home of chicken coops
Once a difficult stile with a low branch to bang your head on. Now just an overhanging roof
Everlasting flowers?
3 chairs. 3 tubs. 3 bushes. Significant?
Another pause as we come out onto a narrow lane
Then we continue round the side of the hill
Parallel with the Cotswold Way
Something special
A new outfit?
Looking down over the site of the new incinerator
Then reaching the top of Haresfield Beacon
We then follow the ridge
Looking South down the Cotswolds
As we make our way
Over to the Topograph
A rainbow framing Pitchcombe
A sharp shower leaves some looking wet
Views across the valley
And up to Painswick
As we cross a muddy part of the Cotswold Way
Requiring some careful negotiation
Down past the Cotswold Way marker
Mistletoe standing out on the tree
More mud to test our sense of balance
And a display of crocuses to greet us as we return to Painswick
Photos and captions by Richard, processed and uploaded by Sally