walk-the-ways
challenge #1:
the gloucestershire way
Friday 20th SeptembeR 2024
We began outside the main entrance of Southmead Hospital where Jamie spent much of his initial recovery period post accident in 2018. Heading out of the city and over the iconic Severn Bridge toward the official Gloucestershire Way start point in Chepstow, we walked for 9 days, covering 195km across the county passing through the Forest of Dean, Severn Vale and Cotswolds, before finishing at Tewkesbury Abbey.
SoulKind Walk-the-Ways
Southmead to Tewkesbury
Distance // 112 miles give or take…
the itinerary…
Day 1 // Fri 20 Sep
Southmead > Chepstow
Distance: 14 miles
09:00 start: outside Southmead Hospital
Day 2 // Sat 21 Sep
Chepstow > Parkend, Forest of Dean
Distance: 13.5 miles
09:00 start: Tourist Information, Bridge Street
Day 3 // Sun 22 Sep
Parkend > Longhope
Distance: 11 miles
09:00 start: RSPB Nagshead, Forest of Dean
Day 4 // Mon 23 Sep
Longhope > Highnam
Distance: 12 miles
09:00 start: Longhope Village Chruch
Day 5 // Tues 24 Sep
Highnam > Crickley
Distance: 14 miles
09:00 start: Over Farm Market, Gloucester
Day 6 // Wed 25 Sep
Crickley > Cold Aston
Distance: 13.5 miles
09:00 start: Crickley Hill Cricket Pavillion
Day 7 // Thur 26 Sep
Cold Aston > Stow
Distance: 6 miles
09:00 start: The Plough, Cold Aston
Day 8 // Fri 27 Sep
Stow > Winchcombe
Distance: 13 miles
09:00 start: Market Square, Stow-on-the-Wold
Day 9 // Sat 28 Sep
Winchcombe > Tewkesbury
Distance: 11.5 miles
09:00 start: White Hart Inn, Winchcombe
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