Cotswold walk concludes

I'm not sure how interested everyone will be about this blog.

Walking, walking, walking.

On and on and on.

Rolling hills, rolling hills, rolling hills.

Cute little towns intermingled with the rolling hills.

No cathedrals, but lots of churches.

Here's Bill posing in a cute little town under my direction:

Happy co-walkers enjoying the rolling hills:

Well one out of three look happy at least!

Now this was an interesting monument we came across on a hill:

This item is known as Cromwell's Seat. Apparently this was the place Thomas Cromwell sat (he was Henry VIII's chief minister at the time) to watch the burning of Hailes Abbey after it was decommissioned.

We came across this cute property:

And a nice tree in a field:

A big one actually, hey?

More wheat fields:

Rolling fields:

Cute little town with a church:

Baaaaah:

I translated that to mean "Any food you could spare for me please sir?"

We came across a castle on top of a hill. This one is Broadway Castle - it advertises to be the highest castle in the Cotswolds.

Completed in 1798, it now is iconic for the area. In fact it forms part of the logo for the Broadway Golf Club.

We kept walking, on and on. But very safely.

This walk was nicely signposted, and I was very happy to see they catered for significant mishaps.

Mind you, should one of us have needed surgery, it could have been a long way to carry the injured to get the necessary attention.

Moving right along, I suppose you are wondering how come I knew about the golf club logo.

Well, if you've got a few minutes to spare, I'll explain.

Our group organised to have a rest day at a quaint little town called Chipping Campden. It was decided we should take advantage of the time to visit a beautifully curated garden.

However, something odd came over me that morning, so I let them know I wasn't up for the visit to Hidcote Manor Garden, and I waved goodbye to them as their bus took off.

Once they were on their way, it was like a miracle. I started to feel soooo much better, and quickly went to the Tourist Information office to ask them to enquire about tee off times at the Broadway Golf Club. I was given the go-ahead and then walked/jogged there (about 4Km away) via beautiful rolling hills.

I apologise for not stopping to take photos along the way to share with you.

I managed to play a round with 3 fun local blokes and was even given member's guest pricing.

Here's me on their signature par 3 5th hole:

Apologies for taking this selfie without ensuring my hat was on straight.

Did you notice the rolling hills in the background?

Fortunately Ruth, Christine, Wendy, and Bill had a lovely time without me, and weren't concerned at the slightest about how I was feeling or spending the time all alone. After all they had the gardens to enjoy:

I'm sorry to have missed the gardens, but as it turned out, we were all happy campers.

Mind you, there was a moment when my heart was in my mouth when I came clean and disclosed some details about my day over dinner.

But all good - we had a lovely dinner.

I told them how I played within 5 of my handicap and before I could explain about the speed of the greens and how one playing partner chipped in from a bunker they changed the topic of conversation.

My golfing partners were so nice. One guy, Kevin, even drove me home. How nice is the golfing community hey?

Next day, guess what...