Jul 25th - Dursley to Wotton-under-Edge

 Today’s hike, from Dursley to Wotton-under-Edge, was really nice and quite a bit different from yesterday as it was mostly open country, however, it did have the addition of a few ‘killer’ hills!   Once up at the top though, and no easy feat on a couple of them, there were some spectacular views. 



Top L:  A monument to William Tyndale, a local lad 

who was the first to translate the Bible into English.  

For his efforts he was convicted of heresy

 and burnt at the stake!



Bottom L:  The ‘Jubilee Clump’ - Built and planted to 

commemorate the jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. 


Drinking water for the dry and thirsty on the 

Cotswold Way and provided by a friendly farmer


It seems that the more we move southward the towns where we’re staying seem to be getting a bit more ‘ordinary’, and Wotton-under-Edge follows that trend.  There’s a couple of nice old pubs here but overall there’s not a lot that’s picturesque. 

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