Well, this is my first posting to our new blog to detail Linda and my latest "adventure" to the UK. We're planning a 100 + mile (160 kilometer) walk of the Cotswolds in England this September. The walking holiday will take place from September 6th to the 18th, or thereabouts, and will cover some of the Cotswold Way, a new national trail as well as other walks, trails and footpaths throughout this outstanding area of natural beauty.
Our adventure will be shared with our good friends from The Pas, Manitoba, Blair and Marj. The four of us will be leaving Canada on September 5th, flying United Airlines from Winnipeg to Chicago and on to London, arriving on the 6th.
We first planned this Cotswold walk well over a year ago and I started doing most of the planning via the internet. Choosing a route was easy, we'd walk the entire Cotswold Way, from Chipping Campden to Bath. However, finding accommodation along the way was another story. Every B & B and country Inn that has a web page looks like a great place to stay because they wouldn't advertise otherwise, so it's difficult to decide what's good value and what isn't. Finally, after much research, we decided to contact Cotswold Walking Holidays Ltd
The first phone call had me convinced we'd done the right thing. Ann, of Cotswold Walking Holidays, has been extremely friendly and helpful and we've got the entire trip planned now with, what I'm sure will be first-class accommodation all along the route. They will move our luggage from point A to point B, etc. so we don't have to carry anything more than whatever we'll need during that days walk with us. They also suggested we not walk the entire "Way", because while it's all very beautiful, some of the distance may be a little 'boring'. And who wants to be bored when they're on holiday? Not us! So we're partly on the Cotswold Way and partly on other trails to other towns and villages in the Cotswolds.
My next post will detail the route.
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