The first pause out of Chipping Campden this morning was at Broad Campden, a tiny village a couple miles away. It had a lovely small country church, (another of the St. Michael’s and All Angels churches, to counteract the presence of the archeological Norman Chapel) which appeared to have services every Sunday, something some of the bigger churches didn’t have. We also passed the Quaker Meeting House dated 1663, making it the oldest one still in use.
We passed a disused quarry that was filled with three gigantic tent like structures, said to be a biogas plant. Each was as big as a football field.
We arrived at Blockley in time for lunch. The Blockley church seemed to be in the middle of some kind of community celebration. It happens to be the church where the British TV series Father Brown is filmed, so they are used to tourists.
Today was a longer walk (12.5 km plus some big hills) so we did not arrive back in Moreton-on-Marsh until after three, however it is the end of our walking days. After some refreshments we searched out the railway station in preparation for tomorrow’s departure.
We are now in a different posh hotel, down the street from the first. Again an upper floor room, but here they did not move the suitcases for us. We have lots of room with two big king sized beds with headboards big and plush enough to sleep on if they were horizontal. The beds have a fine mink fur throw on them. Well maybe it is not real mink, but it is plush and furry.
Incidentally Vic says this trip has been a four blister walk, but one of them is small.
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