We were up very early for the England RWC match against Georgia, so a walk at 10:00 seemed a good idea. Jools dropped Robin, Mike, Liz and myself at North Cerney, near the Bathurst Arms and the plan was to walk via Sapperton to the Daneway pub where Jools would meet us. This walk is the reverse of a Robin walk he had devised and done with Mike some weeks earlier. The walk is around 7.74 miles and took us just under three hours with stops.
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| Duntisbourne Rouse |
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| St Michaels |
We started up the road towards Woodmancote with a steady incline, just right to get us puffing a little. We passed the picturesque cricket ground and continued to the village where we kept left on the Macmillan Way, passing Moor Wood Farm and heading for Dartley Farm where the loud hum of the A417 was getting louder. We stopped for a short while to pick Sloes for the next batch of sloe gin before going under the dual carriageway and heading off again on the Macmillan Way. We followed the track on the edges of field before coming to the ford at Duntisbourne Rouse and continued through the village, only stopping to have a quick look at the Anglo Saxon church of St Michael, while Rob & Mike, who had already done the tour, had a fag.
Duntisbourne Rouse, Glos
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| Daneway Entrance |
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| Pinbury Park |
Leaving the village, we again followed the track along the sides of field until he hit the road again, following it for a while before entering a fine park gateway leading into Pinbury Park. At this point the walk got really pleasant as we followed the track along the top of the hill with the valley below us and the fine houses to our right. Eventually, following the track and the horse poo, we dropped into the posh village of Sapperton and down to the canal where we followed another walking group to the Sapperton Tunnel.
Daneway entrance to Sapperton Canal Tunnel
We continued ahead of this group along the canal path towards the Daneway pub where we enjoyed Somersault beer and some sunshine before Jools picked us up and took us back to Cheltenham.
The Daneway Inn, Daneway, Glos
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| Rob, Mike, Liz |
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| Ditto |
An OS view walk is below, courtesy of QUO digital mapping/OS
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