Painswick to Kings Stanley Day 5

Sunday October 6th
It’s overcast and cool today. We walked 16km to Kings Stanley and it rained at 4pm just after we settled in to the pub where we are staying!

Last night we wandered the streets of Painswick where we stayed on Saturday night at a BnB called St Anne’s. All the houses and businesses look the same in this town. We received a warm welcome at The Royal Oak pub. It was a proper English pub. Very cosy, stone built and full of locals mostly. We had a delicious traditional cottage pie for dinner.

Next morning we set off after a full English breakfast, home cooked. We were also provided with a packed lunch - fresh cheddar and chutney sandwiches 🥪 with crisps and muesli bars.

In the section today we came across the marker that indicates the half way point along Cotswolds Way stating Bath 55 miles on one side and Chipping Campden 47miles on the other, which clearly isn’t halfway but it’s close.

So we’ve walked about 75km so far with about 88km to go.

We walked through a lot of woodland today. The trees are so magnificent and we passed many English locals out for their Sunday stroll with their children and their dogs 🐕 Everyone seems to own a dog or two in England. We came across some horse riders too! 🐴

After leaving the beautiful woods, we hiked through corn fields and a vineyard which had grapes 🍇 almost ready to harvest. Not many sheep today but mostly cows 🐄 of different breeds.

We arrived at Kings Stanley around 3pm where we had a transfer taxi service to our hotel in Frocester. Fingers crossed for Sunday Roast dinner.

It’s going to be a huge 27km walk tomorrow and predicted rain 🌧️.Read more