England’s Cotswold Way
We enjoyed a sunny long Easter weekend walking almost 80km of the beautiful Cotswold Way from Stroud to Bath.
We enjoyed a sunny long Easter weekend walking almost 80km of the beautiful Cotswold Way from Stroud to Bath.
England has thousands of miles of footpaths and the 102 mile Cotswold Way, from Chipping Camden to Bath, is one of the country’s 16 National Trails.
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