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Bourton-on-the-Water Summer Holiday May 2018 Day 4

Thursday was a day off from walking so we went to the National Trust house at Snowshill. A Manor House purchased by Charles Wade when he inherited a fortune gained from sugar plantations by his parents. He was an extraordinary collector of many things, from Japanese suits of armour to bicycles and most things in between. The Manor House was for his collection whilst he lived in a small adjacent priests house. Once we were back in Bourton-on-the-Water we were all very busy making boats for the weekly Harrington House boat race in the River Windrush. Materials were anything that could be found - one of the quickest boats was simply a triangular sandwich case with a sail on top. Along with Midhurst Footpath Companions entries, there was a good showing from the other guests. After an exciting 5 minutes with the lead changing several times, with great good fortune an MFC entry was the race winner and the best design also went to a MFC entry. Money to sponsor boats went to a footpath charity.

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Bourton-on-the-Water Summer Holiday May 2018 Day 3

We set out on a circuar walk from the House to go to Clapton-on-the-Hill.  Pleasant walk through farmland and we eventually reached our goal, a pretty, small village with a tiny church and an adjacent picnic area, ideal for a coffee stop. Splendid views towards Bourton as we made our way down the Diamond Way towards some fishing lakes. However access was fairly limited so we carried on after a lunch break to Bourton-on-the-Water, passing the splendid Manor House on the way back. Some of us took a diversion to the model village where the model Manor House was being cleaned from years of exposure to the elements - it did in fact look brand new. The man working on it said he was going round all the buildings in turn and hoped to finish them all in 10 to 15 years time!

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Bourton-on-the-Water Summer Holiday May 2018 Day 2

We started out at a convenient bus stop in Bourton to catch a bus to the nearby town of Stow-on-the-Wold. The market square was the site of the last Battle of the first English Civil War in 1646 but luckily it's been cleaned up since then. It also has several narrow passages, originally used to control sheep at the market. On a good day as many as 20,000 would be sold. We had an hour or so to look around and those wishing to walk then met up and headed for the Church. The rich wool merchants were often buried with a tomb lid representing a bale of wool - there was also a law which meant a body could only be buried in wool - hence the saying " you can't pull the wool over my eyes". From the church we headed south towards Lower Slaughter, stopping at the Cricket Club on the way for coffee. More refreshments in the The Slaughters Inn before walking upstream to the historic mill. Finally a pleasant walk taking us back to Bourton so we could follow the River Windrush back to Harrington House.

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Bourton-on-the-Water Summer Holiday May 2018 Day 1

Intrepid walkers took a trip to Bourton-on-the Water to stay with HF Holidays in Harrrington House. On of the prettiest towns on the Cotswolds it is very busy with tourists during the day.  We avoided the crowds by walking and evenings were spent with excellent dinners and entertainment provided by Harrington House, managed by the brilliant Dionne. The Cotswolds are really good for walking, with hills on an acceptable scale and pretty villages and towns everywhere.

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Liphook Morning Walk 16th May 2018

Starting from The Links Tavern in Liphook we headed for the church in Milland. However due to some slight  unscheduled diversions (map reading errors!) we changed to a slightly shorter route to ensure we reaching the Links Tavern promptly. Many pubs have bad days and in fact on this day we needn't have hurried at all. The walk was about 5 miles.

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