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INTRODUCTION
To walk south along the Cotswold Way is to make a pilgrimage with Bath,
its Regency splendour and the glory of its abbey, beckoning from afar.
Though you may well have the prevailing wind in your face, this should
be adequately compensated for by long views and sunshine on your brow.
The southbound route is a little less strenuous than walking northward,
where there's rather more up than down, and - this is important - when
you begin in Chipping Campden the essential harmony of the Cotswolds is
with you from the very start.
Before setting out, time should be allowed to explore the town, for
there's much to see and admire, to absorb and file away in memory and
recall in other towns and villages along the way. Almost as soon as Camp-
den is left behind there are long views to soak in, and the first of many
walks along the escarpment, this time to Broadway Tower, then down to
Broadway and up again before you reach Stanton and Stanway.
The escarpment is gained and lost countless times on the way to Bath,
the first day or two offering a particular abundance of fresh excuses to
descend to the plain and then climb up again. There are field paths, wood-
land trails, old drove-roads and saltways, green lanes and minor roads
winding between hedgerows lively with sparrows and wrens, fragrant with
honeysuckle in spring and early summer, and with huge panoramas across
the plains.
Leckhampton Hill, a wonderful vantage point above Cheltenham (Section 5)
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