A misjudged walk. I was carrying my camera so I took a photo. Great Rollright to Chippy, Oxfordshire.
A few random images from a very hot slog of a walk I did last week 8 July from the village of Great Rollright to the small market town of Chipping Norton (Chippy).
A favourite 'go to' walk of mine as the bouncy little village bus passes the end of our road, get off on route for a walk and at the end of it get a pint in The Chequers, our favourite pub in Chippy before catching it back.
Another heatwave was due to start building the next day but the forecast for the 8th was showing broken cloud and a do-able 23 degrees.
The morning was perfect with very photogenic clouds but I decided to wait a little longer to get some longer shadows, - a big mistake. By the time I got off the bus in the village of Great Rollright there wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun was cooking!
It made for a very hot and dull walk with few opportunities for photos. I was less than a mile out of Great Rollright with over another six to go and was already regretting it. Chippy seemed an awfully long way away at this point.
But then again what other seven mile walk takes in 3 picturesque Cotswold villages with 3 ancient churches, one of the area's best old small market towns and a collection of prehistoric stone monuments, including England's third most important stone circle...and that pint. (Oh and an incredibly handsome soldier - 17th century - but you take what you can get.)
A misjudged walk. I was carrying my camera so I took a photo. Great Rollright to Chippy, Oxfordshire.
A few random images from a very hot slog of a walk I did last week 8 July from the village of Great Rollright to the small market town of Chipping Norton (Chippy).
A favourite 'go to' walk of mine as the bouncy little village bus passes the end of our road, get off on route for a walk and at the end of it get a pint in The Chequers, our favourite pub in Chippy before catching it back.
Another heatwave was due to start building the next day but the forecast for the 8th was showing broken cloud and a do-able 23 degrees.
The morning was perfect with very photogenic clouds but I decided to wait a little longer to get some longer shadows, - a big mistake. By the time I got off the bus in the village of Great Rollright there wasn't a cloud in the sky and the sun was cooking!
It made for a very hot and dull walk with few opportunities for photos. I was less than a mile out of Great Rollright with over another six to go and was already regretting it. Chippy seemed an awfully long way away at this point.
But then again what other seven mile walk takes in 3 picturesque Cotswold villages with 3 ancient churches, one of the area's best old small market towns and a collection of prehistoric stone monuments, including England's third most important stone circle...and that pint. (Oh and an incredibly handsome soldier - 17th century - but you take what you can get.)