After a great night’s rest at the Malvern View B&B, the day started off rough with a hike out the B&B’s back gate right up the face of Cleeve Hill. Luckily, this climb was the worst of any we would experience for the remainder of the day. Cleeve Hill is the highest point in all of the Cotswolds, beating Broadway Tower by just a few meters. The views were\u00a0absolutely incredible.<\/p>\n
Today’s roughest, yet neatest, aspect was that we didn’t pass through any towns after leaving Cleeve Hill. Today was spent entirely on the trail which afforded us a couple of neat opportunities that a town would not have. The first was a drink break at the home of a couple who live on the Cotswold Way. As we came into a clearing after a “tunnel of trees” (as our trail guide explained it), we found a home with a sign on the front gate to “ring bell and proceed, but watch for free chickens running about.” The man of the home greeted us and showed us to a table in his front yard where he presented us with a menu. This was the neatest experience having Diet Coke on the front lawn of a complete stranger’s home while they tell you about their dog and the 20 years they spent running their home as a bed and breakfast.<\/p>\n
The second of the neat opportunities was the mobile food vehicle we happened upon for lunch. Just as breakfast really began to wear off, there sat a bus alongside the road that had been converted into a diner. Seats both inside and out, we took a seat inside and placed an order for\u00a0lunch. After inquiring more about the operation, the man running the entire shebang told us that this had only been in existence for 6 weeks, but he is hoping to develop an empire of them. Apparently Big Truck Tacos isn’t in England yet, so this guy probably has a very good chance.<\/p>\n
The rest of the day was spent climbing our way up, down and around the endless, moderate hills that made their way towards Birdlip. We arrived at the Royal\u00a0George Hotel, coincidentally, at exactly nine hours again after leaving the B&B that morning. Dinner was easier than ever before because this hotel featured a bar with a full kitchen just down the hallway from our room. When you take two people and walk them over 15 miles across mixed terrain for nine hours straight, absolutely nothing sounds better than walking just a few feet from your room to the place you plan to have dinner. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Tomorrow’s adventure will be the longest yet. Clocking in at an approximate 17 miles, Middleyard sounds like it will be quite the endurance tester. For a trip that is supposed to average 12.5 miles a day, one day these walks (13.5, 15, 17 miles) are going to have to shrink in size to reach that average!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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