Day 31 Broadway

How we love The Cotswolds. This morning we set off before it got too hot for a walk to Broadway Tower. Broadway Tower, renowned as one of England's most outstanding viewpoints, stands at 1024 feet above sea level, making it the second highest point on the Cotswold ridge. Built on an ancient beacon site, with views in a 62-mile radius, the vistas are breathtaking reaching across sixteen counties and encompassing the vast expanse from the peaks of the Welsh mountains to High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire. The walk up took about an hour and was gorgeous and we climbed the tower for even better views. After our first scone of the trip at the cafe we walked down and got in the car for a drive to Evesham which is reasonably close by and not at all a typical Cotswolds village, even though it has plenty of historic buildings and a lovely wide river. We left there and detoured to Snowshill, which is 4 kms from Broadway. We had to park the car in a carpark up on the road as it was pedestrian access only. The village was absolutely beautiful especially with all the flowers on bloom. We stopped in at the only pub for a beer and wine. It too was full of character. When we got back to Broadway we visited the deli shop to gather food for our dinner as the rest of the day was spent at the house catching up on news, watching Wimbledon and relaxing.Read more