Cotswold Way - day 3

Today was a shorter day at 12.5 miles. Much of it was through heavily wooded areas but we walked along ridges that gave beautiful views allowing us to see for miles. While shorter, it was a roller coaster, up and down. The forecast was for rain in the afternoon. Fortunately we only had a couple of showers until we were almost to our Airbnb, and the skies opened up.

We saw lots of locals out for a Sunday walk, many with dogs, but very few long-distance hikers.

After settling in to our room in Stroud, we decided just to walk to a nearby supermarket to get something to eat. Shortly after leaving the room, it started to pour again. Arriving at the supermarket, we discovered it was closed ( it closed early on Sunday). We decided to get an Uber to go get something to eat and then returned back to the room via Uber.

I did a little research on some birds we had seen the first couple days on the Cotswold. One was a grey partridge, which were very common the first 2 days. The other bird we saw a number of was a pied wagtail,Read more