Walking the Cotswolds the HF way
Seven nights of fine food, and five days of excellent and sociable walking...HF Holidays Walking Tours in the Cotswolds in England delivered an exceptional experience! It is beautiful area, with quaint villages, ancient churches, lovely gardens, peaceful forests and wide-open spaces. We shared the walking experience with lovely people (including a couple from Whistler who came to do the walks on Len's recommendation), and made some new friends. We thoroughly enjoyed every moment!
Here are the best pictures of our holiday so far, at HF's Harrington House in Bourton-on-the-Water. Click on each photo to enlarge and read details. The Greece segment of our trip will be posted later...
Photos
- Cool pub in London near our B&B
- Waiting for Carole King musical "Beautiful" to begin. It was an excellent show!
- One of charming "rustic" stone houses that characterize the English countryside
- At the excellent Victoria and Albert Museum in London
- Typical churches of England, a mixture of period and style
- Our walks took us on the "right-of-way" trails, which often crossed a cultivated field
- The trail also followed village paths..this path sits between the old church wall and a stone fence of private residence
- We learned about slate shingles, which are commonly used today, but also saw thatched roofs done the traditional way.
- Another typical "right-of-way" path through a village
- Scenic spot along a hike
- Taking a lunch break--the views were fabulous from this hillside!
- Trees trying to be mushrooms
- Path through the woods
- Liz and Dan from Whistler, having a moment to celebrate their anniversary on the trail
- Walking along the ridges left by an Iron Age Fort
- The trees are growing around the door of this beautful church in Stow-on-the-Wold
- Walking through fields of rapeseed
- Lunch break beside a field of sunshine!
- Liz and Dan from Whistler are also Village Hosts, so we sent this photo to the leader of the VH program
- A house being eaten alive by ivy and wisteria...so beautiful!
- Bluebells make a carpet in the woods
- Sometimes fields aren't flat! This stone beacon marks a battle between the Royalists and the Parliamentariams in the 17th c
- Swallowed up in a field of rapeseed
- Cousin Penny shows us a typical English afternoon--walking the dog, Lola
- The Webbers Meet for Lunch in Poole!
- Another magnificent church
- Watching the traditional HF "boat" races down t he WIndrush River near Harrington House
