I first set eyes upon Nottingham hill along the Cotswold Escarpment in Gloucestershire from a photo walk atop Oxenton Hill a few months prior. It was the great views from the beer garden of the Mount Inn in Stanton just a few weeks ago that rekindled my interest in Nottingham Hill.
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Category Archives: Cotswolds
Stanton Cotswold Village Walk
Sunday and I was aching from my long photo walk around Great Witley in Worcestershire the day before. Outside the sun was shining again and decided I would do a small late morning early afternoon photo walk around some Cotswold villages in Gloucestershire not far away starting in Stanton.
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Painswick Cotswold Gloucestershire
This weekend decided to visit Painswick in Gloucestershire known as the queen of the Cotswolds. I was using the AA’s 50 walks around Gloucestershire as my guide. The AA guide described the area around Painswick including the Washpool Valley as having extensive views and a difficult walk due to the hills so good for exercise and photography hopefully.
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Cleeve Hill Cheltenham Gloucestershire
Ideally at the weekend when I am working in a new location on the Saturday like to explore a new town or city and the Sunday do a long walk in the countryside somewhere. This Saturday I wanted to explore Cheltenham town and then take a detour and do a recon on top of the nearby Cleeve Hill.
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Snowshill Cotswold Gloucestershire
Its a cold and frosty January morning but bright sunshine with some mist and fog to clear is the forecast and I am heading out to the Cotswold villages of Snowshill, Stanway and Stanton in Gloucestershire for my weekend photo walk.
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Dovers Hill Photo Walk Gloucestershire
This walk starts in the village of Chipping Campden supposed to be one of the most beautiful in the Cotswold. What attracted me to do this photo walk was the reported spectacular views westward atop of Dovers Hill over the vale of Eversham on the Cotswold escarpment.
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