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Posted On: October 7th 2026, 07:48 am
Cotswold Way, Day 5
It was a drizzly, cloudy start from Birdlip so it was nice to be walking in the woods for the first stretch.
The approach to Painswick was through a golf course that was spread across a wide area. The Cotswold Way app told us to cut through the green but some golfers shooed us off to a path towards one side. This took us up to Painswick Beacon which was a good view. Bumped into Nancy again, a Canadian hiker who we met on Day 1.
Had lunch at the Art Cafe and waited at St. Mary’s until we could check in.
Dinner at The Oak and stayed at St. Anne B&B where we were the only guests for the night. Our host Greg and his pups took great care of us - we’re the penultimate guests before they close the season.
#ViernesDiaries #CotswoldWay
It was a drizzly, cloudy start from Birdlip so it was nice to be walking in the woods for the first stretch.
The approach to Painswick was through a golf course that was spread across a wide area. The Cotswold Way app told us to cut through the green but some golfers shooed us off to a path towards one side. This took us up to Painswick Beacon which was a good view. Bumped into Nancy again, a Canadian hiker who we met on Day 1.
Had lunch at the Art Cafe and waited at St. Mary’s until we could check in.
Dinner at The Oak and stayed at St. Anne B&B where we were the only guests for the night. Our host Greg and his pups took great care of us - we’re the penultimate guests before they close the season.
#ViernesDiaries #CotswoldWay
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