In and around the Cotswold Way

The Wolds

Red Deer at Broadway Tower

Snowshill

A bijou retreat, Snowshill

Shenborough buildings

Buckland from the footpath

The Vale of Evesham

The Cotswold Way offers ambles through unspoilt villages with great views across the Vale of Evesham to the Marlbough Hills and the Welsh Mountains.

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Golden August

A golden landscape

of ripening wheat

and deep green hedgerows

with mature rape

young starling

and bright red hollyhocks

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The Oxford Canal Walk

Fancy a totally relaxing and contemplative break with a bit of gentle exercise on the side? Then the Oxford Canal Walk is well worth considering.

This trail runs between the cathedral cities of Coventry and Oxford, through the peaceful Warwickshire and North Oxfordshire countryside and the market town of Banbury. It follows the canal for 77 miles and the flat towpath is easy walking, in fact the only climbing done is by the canal boats passing through the locks!

The Towpath at Twyford Wharf

"Ugly Ducklings"

Canal boats, a riot of colour

We can arrange accommodation and organise luggage transfer along the Oxford Canal Walk, leaving you to enjoy a relaxing break. Contact us to find out more.

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Summer days in the Cotswolds

Cottages, Upper Slaughter

Ox eye daisies (Leucanthemum vulgare)

Hogweed (Heracleum spondylium)

Feeding time

The Mill, Lower Slaughter

Reflections in the River Eye

Ducklings in line following mum

Roe deer in rape field with red poppies

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Cotswold Olimpick Games 2011

Cotswold Olimpick Games 2011

3rd June, Dover's Hill, Chipping Campden

Robert Dover and Endymion Porter

(Played this year by Father John Brennan and Paul Dare)

Shin Kicking competition

Tug O'War

Candy floss

The Bonfire

Bonfire light

Fireworks

Torchlight Procession from Dover's Hill to the town

See Cotswolds Olimpicks on Flickr for more photos.

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The Cotswold ‘Olimpick’ Games 2011

The Cotswold Olimpick Games are held each year on the Friday after the Spring Bank Holiday - so this Friday evening 3rd June at 7:30 on Dover's Hill above Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire.

They were first started in 1612 by Robert Dover, who through the games wanted to keep alive the spirit of medieval England and held annually until 1852. In 1951 the tradition was revived and games continue to be an annual event.

Highlights are the British Shin Kicking Championships, the Championship of the Hill, a torchlight procession and bonfire with fireworks.

A great place to be on a special summer evening.

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A Royal banquet of lamb from the Cotswold Sheep

The lamb from the Cotswold breed of sheep served at the Pre-Royal wedding celebration hosted by the Queen, for European Royals, the Sultan of Brunei and Sheikh Hamoud Al-Sabah of Kuwait, was described as 'nothing short of perfect'.

The Cotswold breed of sheep, with it's characteristic fringe was almost extinct and in the 1960s when there were just 200 left in England. Numbers increased due to the work of the Cotswold Sheep Society and the move toward more sustainable agriculture, and now the 'Cotswold Lion' is frequently seen grazing the upland pastures.

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