Day 7
I had a good nights sleep in my hotel double bed. I awoke refreshed and ready to hit the final few miles of the trail, but not before a nice cooked breakfast! I set off at 7:50 and had a fairly gentle start, as the first 2-3 miles were on reasonably level terrain. The path took me through the village of Tormarton and then across the M4 motorway. We then dropped down to Dyrham Park. Before climbing back up to Cold Ashton, but not before I stopped at the Fuel Station in Pennsylvania, to buy some lunch and an ice cream. I had a brief sit down at Cold Ashton village hall, to air my feet and got chatting to a hiker who was walking Lands End to Cape Wrath! After that, there was a steep descent to Lower Hamswell, before a lung-bursting climb up to the site of the battle of Lansdown. I stopped at Hanging Hill and ate the lunch I bought earlier . I then encountered numerous school pupils on their Duke of Edinburgh hikes. I felt sorry for some, because th...