From Lawrence: There is a 3 way temporary traffic light at Pitchcombe on the A46 where it joins the A4173 between Painswick and Stroud causing significant delays at times. Suggest you approach the Shortwood (Cripplegate) Car Park either from Whiteshill or from Gloucester. This is apparently continuing into January 2020.

Updated message Mike, Group Membership Secretary writes, “I was on a Group walk quite recently and met a member who lives in our district but does not receive communications from South Cotswold Ramblers. I was a bit puzzled and he said he would contact me via our website so we could sort it out. I…

Message from Ann Having just returned from a successful holiday in St Ives I have been asked by a number of people if I would consider doing the same thing next year. I am proposing a week’s holiday to another John Fowler site at Killigarth near Polperro on 12/9/20, I know this is a long…

See the latest designs for the A417 Missing Link scheme, including a garden bridge from Crickley Hill taking the Cotswold and Gloucestershire Ways safely across the roads. Read about it here Report in the Citizen/Echo (including fly-through video after noisy advert!)  

Ron and Mike congratulate our walk leaders in sending in details for the next programme. All details in and checked one day before the deadline!    

A quick update on the surface upgrade scheme on the Nailsworth to Woodchester section of the cycleway. The contractor will be commencing operations on site on Monday 23rd September and the works are programmed to last for around six weeks. The contractor has also provided a method statement and requested sections of the route be…

Good news. Monday walkers saw Cheryl and John (and Hugo, their dog) at the start of Monday’s walk on Minchinhampton Common. She is not up to Group walking yet, but it was good to see them. Mike Jane (our backmarker) says goodbye to Cheryl, John and Hugo, off on their own walk. Good to see…

Gloucestershire Volunteer Roadshow – Saturday 26th October The day is absolutely free for members and volunteers to attend and provides an opportunity to learn new skills or brush up your knowledge in workshops such as Rights of Way, navigation, walk leadership, welcoming new members and treasurer training. It’s also a great opportunity to meet with other…

What is what3words? what3words is a really simple way to talk about location. We have assigned each 3m square in the world a unique 3 word address that will never change. For example ///filled.count.soap marks the exact entrance to what3words’ London headquarters. 3 word addresses are easy to say and share, and are as accurate…

On Alex’s walk this Saturday (7/9/19) which started from Stroud Leisure Centre it was almost impossible to park as there was a Parkrun in Stratford Park and virtually all the parking spaces were taken by runners. 2 South Cots who resorted to parking on the grass verge were given parking tickets. Parkrun’s website says that…

The long awaited Long Street Car Park opened recently. Click here to read more. Perhaps a leader or two could give it a go and lead from there in the next programme (November to February). Date offers to be collected in August by John G (Saturdays), Olivia (Wednesdays) and Margaret (Mondays). See dates

August 2019 – Exciting news about the Cambrian Way being waymarked and a new Cicerone guidebook being published in 2019. We in Gloucestershire are very interested as it is the creation of Tony Drake back in the 1960’s. Read more about Tony here. Overall route map – longer than the Pennine Way with more climbing…

Hi South Cotswold Ramblers, It’s Jacob from GO Outdoors, did you know we’ve teamed up with Blacks, Millets and Ultimate Outdoors to give you the biggest range, widest choice and the best value? As a member of the Ramblers your entitled to an extra discount of at least 10% in store and online. This further…

Ann A is planning a walking holiday to Catalonia in Spain for Spring 2020. Details will be in the next newsletter which will come out in June. However, if you want to look at the holiday in advance, you will find it on the Preferred Travel Services website. The holiday is called Catalonia – Trails…

Sue J picked up a tick on last Wednesday’s walk so it’s probably a good time for a reminder, as people hopefully soon will no longer be wrapped up in layers of clothes. Plenty of advice online about how to avoid getting ticks and what to do if you do!

Watch this short video on how best to use the (relatively) new 112 number, especially if you are in a remote area. Don’t be put off by the fact that it is on Youtube. This is actually very useful. Click HERE

GDPR News – All your contact details are your personal information, including your email address. To check your record and indeed update it if necessary it is quite straightforward: Go to www.ramblers.org.uk If you have already registered online with Ramblers, enter your login details (email address and password) and then check your record. If not…