John, resplendent in yellow high viz, leads us out through Painswick
And along the Painswick stream
Some get through, some have a bit of a squeeze
Pitchcombe Church across the valley
As we make our way steeply up
Into the village
Must be the manor
Big water feature
Now what are they looking at?
A tree
We start to climb above Pitchcombe
A rose between two thorns
Our route takes us into Pitchcombe Woods
Where we look across the valley
As we head round the hillside
Looking across to Painswick
Over Edge Common
Where things are pretty wild
Lunch on top of Hudinknoll Hill
Looks like a wedding
Painswick Beacon towering above us
As we climb up Cud Hill with the Blow family monument
A bit of a storm in the valley
We walk round the bottom of the Beacon
Then follow the Cotswold Way through Catbrain Quarry back to the car park.
As we make our way back to the cars.
Photos and captions by Richard, processed by Sally and uploaded by Mike