This was the shorter of the Miserden walks that I do i.e. the 3.5 mile jaunt which took us 1.5 hours on this occasion, pausing to take photos etc and admire the wildlife. I did the walk with Lynda, Ros & Dave and we set off from the usual parking place at the Carpenters in fine drizzle (originally going to do the six miler but conditions didn't suit my party!)We left the car at around 11:15 and quickly left the village going towards the walled Miserden Estate. We skirted the boundary wall and entered the estate via the gate and started downhill on the old sunken cart track, stopping to let Dave take a photo of the Jacobean manor house and the lake & hills beyond. We kept on towards the lake and followed it until we met a stream along side the track which guided us towards Caudle Green by way of a track which included a ford and a short climb to join the road into the village.
We passed a number of typical Cotswold houses and climbed a final short hill to join the main village square before again cutting through fields and into the woods once more. The rain was coming down by this time so we hurried on across the ford and through a large gate on our right, up the gentle slope and into the main estate grounds where a long winding road guided us back towards the village of Miserden. In the grounds there were many sheep and several inquisitive horses who came over looking for food I suppose. We obliged with photographs.
When we reached the village, the rain was really coming down so the only thing to do was to repair to the Carpenters, Wye Valley HPA, soup and sandwiches... sounds familiar.
An OS view of the walk is below, courtesy of QUO digital mapping/OS:
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