A Taste of a Guided Walk
Prehistoric beginnings
This guided walk takes us to one of the largest Neolithic hill forts in the area. We walk down into the valley, which according to local folklore was carved out by the giant’s spoon.
Civil War
We visit the site of Charles I’s gun emplacements when he laid siege to the Parliamentarian city of Gloucester in the Civil War.
Roman ruins
Walking onwards, we pass the site of a Roman settlement and we inspect one of the local cockfighting pits – no longer in use, of course!
Gloucestershire’s woollen industry
It’s water, water everywhere as we continue and the rock type changes from limestone to clay. The water seeps out where the limestone meets the clay. This water was the source of power for the half-dozen woollen mills we pass on our walk.
Lunch!
We walk up to the village for a well-earned lunch in the traditional local pub. A large range of food is available to suit your appetite and purse.
English history in miniature
We spent the afternoon walking off our lunch and exploring the village. We see its world famous church and churchyard with the adjacent stocks. We walk through narrow streets which reveal evidence of a time line that goes back to pre-historic times and forward to the present day. Through the prosperous years of the Wool Trade, through plague and famine, Wars and pestilence to today’s title Queen of the Cotswolds.
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