2nd December 2012 - Cleeve Hill

A shortish walk from 'Pub Walks along the Cotswold Way' (see 11th April this year for previous expedition from this book),  4.5 miles on a clear, but fresh day.  The book was published in 1996, which may partly explain why we feel that the route description did not really work for some of this walk.  Specifically, the second half should have been on the Cotswold Way, which is places is the same as the Winchcombe Way, and although we used some common sense to find our way back to the Golf Clubhouse which was at the start of the walk (on very open terrain), it was impossible to later reconcile the route as described and mapped in the book, with existing paths as shown on OS maps, aerial views, or anything we could find on the ground.

These were views over the Severn Valley to the Malvern Hills.  We also got great views of Cheltenham, both city and racecourse, during the first half of the walk.  The second half was rather dull.  Lovely pint and toasted sandwich in the clubhouse at the end for which we were mysteriously undercharged!