Richard discovers he's left his camera memory card behind so it's me doing the photos
Not an auspicious start
We're outside the Kingshill pub - is it a going concern?
We go through a farm where Alan tells us the owner does not Welcome Walkers
A climb and we emerge
To cross Stinchcombe Golf course
In little groups
Early purple orchid
Oil seed rape the crop to grow here.
We follow a contour path
Then a clearly marked way through the rape below the Tyndale Monument
North Nibley church on the horizon
Someone saw an opportunity
A "Letters Box" - I thought I was pedantic!
Not the police, but dressed to confuse
We pass the Black Horse
The last time I came up here you did have to pick up a key
They eventually make it to the top
At the Monument we stop for lunch, though a labrador has one of Mike's sandwiches
After lunch we descend below the monument
Through the farm that used to host the massive North Nibley Steam Show
He's not so super now
An interesting topiary
The school has got to make use of the pencils, now everything has gone hi-tech
North Nibley church
And the lovely house adjacent
Listed
Inside the church
I took this picture of lichen on the church wall while waiting for the loo
Through fields of horses, this one with an attractive colour scheme
It's very hot and humid and the hill is steep so I conserve my photographic energy until we reach the top
Where we are back on Stinchcombe Golf course
Waiting in the shade
A good view over Dursley
And Cam Peak with a bluish tint
Photos, captions and uploading by Sally