Chipping Campden

Travel to the trailhead!  By rail and Robin, we made it!  (The Robin is a municipal shuttle service, some random person  on the internet told me about, for £3 each, we got a lift from the train to our hotel!) The most difficult arrangements to make were for the 16 min ride here from the train! Thank goodness for the Robin! Also, I think the armoire in the room is haunted.

Chipping Campden is a market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is noted for its terraced High Street, dating from the 14th to the 17th centuries. It was originally a wool trading center in the Middle Ages and enjoyed the patronage of wealthy merchants.

The early Cotswold wool church (the church of Saint James) was built in the 15th century but included elements of the Norman church, which had been on the site since 1180. This was my first Cotswold cemetery, and my stamping skills are getting better.

The High Street in town is lined with buildings built from locally quarried oolitic limestone, known as Cotswold stone. Much of the town centre is a conservation area which has helped to preserve the original buildings.The town is an end point of the Cotswold Way, a 165 km footpath. The first stamp in my trailer passport, a lovely dinner, and early to bed... tomorrow  we start!Read more