Steven Massey Hiking Tours

*Tickets/spaces for this walk/event are pre booked and pre paid, please don't just turn up on the day with cash*
The fee for this walk is £5 and £10 for a coach seat to the start.
Please pay £15.00 to Paypal finbarmassey@yahoo.co.uk (mention - Cotswold Way 1). Choose friends and family option. If paying via a business then please pay £15.80
Or pay by bank transfer to
Steven Massey
55669924
04-00-04
This payment is non-refundable. It will only be refunded in the event of a cancellation or a movement of date due to Covid restrictions.

The first walk (section) will start in Chipping Campden and end in Winchcombe 19 miles later.

Because this is a linear walk we will be parking our cars at the end, at the Long Stay car park in Winchcombe. At 08.30 we will be leaving on a coach to travel back to the start of the walk at Chipping Campden, then we walk back to Winchcombe.

*Coach will be leaving at 08.30 prompt*

Highlights -

Chipping Campden
Broadway
Broadway Tower
Stanton
Stanway
Hailes Abbey
Winchcombe

Expect around 2,100ft of ascent on this walk, please only join this walk if this won't be a problem, add in the 19 miles hiking, this will be a tough but rewarding day. On the flats you should be able to walk at 2.5 mph to keep up with the group.

This walk is at the beginning of March, could still be winter conditions, please bring lots of layers, expect plenty of mud!
Bring food for lunch and two litres of water to sustain you the whole way.

The fee for this walk is £5 and £10 for a coach seat to the start.
Please pay £15.00 to Paypal finbarmassey@yahoo.co.uk (mention - Cotswold Way 2). Choose friends and family option. If paying via a business then please pay £15.80
Or pay by bank transfer to
Steven Massey
55669924
04-00-04
This payment is non-refundable. It will only be refunded in the event of a non-weather related cancellation.

The second walk (section) will start in Winchcombe and end in Birdlip, 21 miles later.
Because this is a linear walk we will be parking our cars at the end, at Birdlip, the road/lane (free parking) leading up to Barrow Wake car park.
At 08.30 we will be leaving on a coach to travel back to the start of the walk at Winchombe, then we walk back to Birdlip.
*Coach will be leaving at 08.30 prompt*

Highlights -
Winchombe
Belas Knap (longbarrow)
Cleeve Hill
Leckhampton Hill/Devils Chimney
Crickley Hill

Expect around 3,400ft of ascent on this walk, please only join this walk if this won't be a problem, add in the 21 miles hiking, this will be a tough but rewarding day. On the flats you should be able to walk at 2.5 mph to keep up with the group.
This walk is at the beginning of March, could still be winter conditions, please bring lots of layers, expect plenty of mud!
Bring food for lunch and two litres of water to sustain you the whole way.

Please pay £10.00 to Paypal finbarmassey@yahoo.co.uk (mention - White Horse/Spring Equinox). Choose friends and family option. If paying via a business then please pay £10.80
Or pay by bank transfer to
Steven Massey
55669924
04-00-04
This payment is non-refundable. It will only be refunded in the event of a cancellation or a movement of date due to Covid restrictions.
*Tickets/spaces for this walk/event are pre booked and pre paid, please don't just turn up on the day with cash*

Highlights include -

- Uffington White Horse:
The Guardian stated in 2003 that "for more than 3,000 years, the Uffington White Horse has been jealously guarded as a
masterpiece of minimalist art" The Uffington Horse is by far the oldest of the white horse figures in Britain and is an entirely different design from the others inspired by it.

- Wayland's Smithy is another highlight of today's walk. This one of the finest Neolithic Long Barrows in the country.

- Dragon Hill is a natural chalk hill with an artificially flattened top (on the scarp slope of White Horse Hill; according to legend Saint George slew the dragon here. A bare patch of chalk upon which no grass will grow is purported to be where the dragon's blood spilled. It has been suggested as some sort of Iron Age ritual site associated with the nearby hill figure.

- Uffington Castle hillfort - Bronze age/Iron age.

- Ashdown House and grounds.

Please bring plenty of layers! This is a 15 mile walk in March across very exposed countrysde.
Also bring plenty of water and food to sustain you, we will be having a lunch stop about half way.

Where to meet -
Ashbury Folly car park, Ashbury, SN6 8LZ.
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Two small parking areas either side of the B4000 on Ridgeway 0.5 mile (1km) south-east of Ashbury.

The fee for this walk is £5 and £10 for a coach seat to the start.
Please pay £15.00 to Paypal finbarmassey@yahoo.co.uk (mention - Cotswold Way 3). Choose friends and family option. If paying via a business then please pay £15.80
Or pay by bank transfer to
Steven Massey
55669924
04-00-04
This payment is non-refundable. It will only be refunded in the event of a non-weather related cancellation.

This third walk (section) will start in Birdlip and end in King's Stanley, 18 miles later.
Because this is a linear walk we will be parking our cars at the end, in King's Stanley, GL10 3JW, in the car park opposite the King's Head Pub.
At 08.30 we will be leaving on a coach to travel back to the start of the walk at Birdlip. We then walk 18 miles to King's Stanley.
*Coach will be leaving at 08.30 prompt*

Highlights -

Birdlip View
Copper's Hill (of cheese rolling fame)
Painswick Beacon
Painswick
Haresfield Beacon

Expect around 2,200ft of ascent on this walk, please only join this walk if this won't be a problem, add in the 18 miles hiking, this will be a tough but rewarding day. On the flats you should be able to walk at 2.5 mph to keep up with the group.
This walk will be in March, could still be winter conditions, please bring lots of layers, expect plenty of mud!
Bring food for lunch and two litres of water to sustain you the whole way.