Cotswold Way

Stage eight - Wotton under Edge to Old Sodbury After a hiatus, we are back to the task in hand... Stage eight saw us up at the crack of... 0540, in order to be out the door by 0630, in order to park the car in Stroud and walk to Merrywalks bus stop by 0710 for the bus to Dursley, which in turn would link to Wooton-under-Edge, our start point. A 'West Gold Group Dayrider' from the Stagecoach app for £15.50 seemed to cover the travel for the day for all three of us, and the free parking in Stratford Park in Stroud helped, with only a ten minute walk to the bus stand. After a short ride to Dursley, we headed to Sainsbury's, being the only place likely to be open at about 0730, where we bought pastries and a much needed coffee, along with some snacks for the walk. From the get-go, we knew we'd have to keep up a reasonably quick pace in order to reach our destination before the bus arrived at the Dog Inn in Old Sodbury. Soon off the bus and on our merry way and the day was a...

Stage seven - Dursley to Wotton under Edge Back on the trail Strava; CW stage 7, Dursley to Wotton under Edge After a long break of some three months we were pleased to once again be back on the trail. Once again and for the second time we were privileged to have number one son with us on part seven. Logistics are still manageable at this range and so our plan for this stage was; drive to the start of the route, walk, then retrieve by bus. Since I had a prior arrangement in the evening, we needed to make it reasonably short, so Dursley to Wotton at approximately eight miles seemed doable. Checks for bus times complete, we set off to the start point and parked in Long Street car park in Dursley, the bonus surprise being parking is free up to 23 hours. Soon we were off once again and not long after making our way through the main shopping street were heading up May lane, past the Old Spot inn and up Hill road. From here the trail leaves the road and climbs up through the leafy apth to th...