Leg 7: Five Go to Northleach!

 

The walk from Bourton on the Water to Northleach was to have been our busiest to date, as twelve people had put their names down for this one. But a variety of circumstances beyond their control meant that several people had to drop out, and so Alison and Deborah’s nephew Carl was our only visitor.

So Rod, Di, Alison and Deborah with Lily the dog left a car at The Old Prison at Northleach, and drove to Bourton, where we met up with Carl. 

After the obligatory photo at the start 



we set off across a number of fields until we came to a field with horses. Lily was put on the lead, but studiously ignored the horses, as we climbed the first of  today’s hills. We were glad of our waterproofs as a brief shower passed over,


 but by the time we reached Clapton-on-the-Hill the rain had stopped.

We decided not to explore Clapton and pressed on, past Goms Hole (apparently Gom may havebeen a hermit who lived nearby, or alternatively he was a sheep stealer who was hanged here, along with two highwaymen).

We were hoping to get to Farmington for lunch, but hunger pangs got the better of us, and so we stopped in a nice corner of a field for our picnic. Lily polished off a couple of apple cores as well as her lunch and was ready to go again.

We soon reached Farmington, which has a beautiful village green with a large sycamore tree, and an ornate structure which used to cover the village pump. 

We stopped for a quick breather and another group photo


 and pressed on, eventually coming to a tarmac lane which took us under the busy A40, into Northleach.

We admired the Market Square in Northleach but tea and cake at The Old Prison were calling, so we resolved to come back and explore further another day.


The tea and cake were delicious!


Blog written by Rod. 

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