You might recognise Father Christmas
Could that be sun shining on the righteous?
At least the sun is shining on Painswick as we look back over the valley
Now starting to climb
Up Juniper Hill and down the other side
Looking up the Dillay Valley
You're not getting any of my feed
Across the Slad Valley
Heading downhill towards the War Memorial
Past the rather strange cafe at the bottom
With plenty of apparatus for the children to break their necks on
And the infamous pond
Looking uphill to Steanbridge Farm and the imposing house of racehorse trainer Tom George
Slad across the valley
Another familiar pond
Hope we get back to Exmoor this Christmas
Badger posts still going strong although some are slightly faded
Haven't seen this one before
Walking down the Slad Road, Slad Brook in the valley
Swifts Hill now behind us
Nearly into Stroud
Now a long undulating climb
The only mud patch Colin didn't lead us through
As purveyor of port Keith is suitably attired
Looking down the valley over Stroud
Saves getting the bottom dirty
Buzzards flying overhead - 6 spotted in all
And an Alpaca farm as we head back up the Painswick Valley
Looking across to Pitchcombe Church
A muddy crossing
Karen's feet sinking in the mire
But we press on
Down to a bridge
At least there is some water for it to cross now
On through Sheephouse
The Painswick Stream gushing down over a weir
But things more tranquil higher up
Not long before we are retracing our steps uphill to the cars
Photos and captions by Richard, uploaded by Sally