I hiked the Cotswold Way National Trail in April 2022. This adventure journal series tells the story of hiking the 102-mile trail (plus some extra!) from Chipping Campden to Bath in six days.
The aim of this final blog in my Cotswold Way series of posts, is to provide a bunch of hints and tips that will help you have a great experience on this particular National Trail. I wanted to put together … Continued
This blog post is for those who are thinking about hiking the Cotswold Way and are wondering if it’s worth the effort… You know I’m going to say absolutely is, but hopefully these notes will help you decide if it … Continued
Welcome to the bloggiest of all the adventure-related posts… A packing list! In this article I’m sharing everything I took on my Cotswold Way hike. Unlike my equivalent Coast to Coast kit list, this shouldn’t take you too long to … Continued
My friend Fiona and I completed the Cotswold Way National Trail back in April 2023. In my adventure journal series so far, I’ve been recounting each day on the trail – we covered the 108-miles (our mileage total) in six … Continued
My friend Fiona and I hiked the Cotswold Way over six days in April this year, and in recent weeks I’ve been reliving the memory of that National Trail in a series of adventure journal blog posts (start here if … Continued
Weirdly, day five of my Cotswold Way hike, which I did back at the end of April with hiking friend Fiona (start here if you’re not already up to date with my adventure journal series), is the one I think … Continued
In stark contrast to day three of the Cotswold Way, which was the shortest and wettest of the hike, day four of this adventure would be the warmest and longest. Grab a cup of tea, because this adventure journal post … Continued
I lovingly refer to day three of our Cotswold Way hike as ‘the day the weather gave up’. Unlike Saturday and Sunday, when the weather forecast suggested showers, but we managed to miss them completely, there would be no getting … Continued
Day two of the Cotswold Way was probably the day I was looking forward to the most out of the six we’d be on of this long-distance hike. That might be a strange thing to say, considering this would be … Continued
I kicked off my Cotswold Way adventure journal series last week with a blog post about the preparations I made before heading out on this famous National Trail. If that first chapter was subtitled ‘on getting ready’, this post, should … Continued