It is really beautiful here. Each day we say that was the best walk yet so it is all good. The food and accommodations are excellent. We feel very pampered.
Yesterday we walked from Dunst and all through the little Dunsts to Cirencester ( the second largest Roman city in Britain) We got there in time to have tea and tour the parish church which is more like a cathedral. Took organ pictures - we took them in all the little Saxon and Norman churches along the way. We see lots of churches - I am feeling quite reverent. They are so old, parts of them often date from 600bc. Yesterdays walking wasn't quite as squishy and wet and the other days. We were fortunate to come upon some people who had been where we were about to go - they were wringing out there socks and shaking water out of their mid calf height boots. We detoured (diverted) and took a longer drier path. It took us past the oldest polo fields in Britain - looked like Anderson's sod farm- only more. Then into Cirencester Park which is owned by Lord Bathhurst. The public can use the park but he must close it for his personal use one day of the year or he will loose the land. It is huge. We had a bet to see how long it would take to walk to the Cirencester church at one point. The leader and I were 3 minutes short of the mark so of course no one won. John was our leader and his area of expertise seemed to be old churches. The day before Ian taught us about trees and the first day Alan broke us in to walking. All terrific guys.
Roy has gone to Paddington today to retrieve our bag and hopefully all of its contents. I am supposedly getting us prepared for Ireland and having a clean up day. I'm going to go explore the village of Burton on the Water as soon as I sign off.
Did I mention that the foot pain that was plaguing me before we left has disappeared! Miraculous!
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