Managed to meet Julie and Gaynor although Julie did a bit of searching before she found the right place. (So did I - but obviously I kept quiet about this). We had a very nice walk following the Macmillan Way and then branching off as indicated by the book - along a valley and through a wood with overhanging trees. I managed to cut my head on an overhanging branch - when you are my height you get used to this sort of thing. We found our way into Tetbury and had a cup of coffee - this is almost obligatory now when on the walk. Wasn't quite sure which road to take on the way out so went into the Tourist Office - they had no idea. However, the local postman knew his stuff. Tetbury was rather impressive - including the outskirts - very nice stone buildings.
Found our way to the edge of Highgrove - Prince Charles' gaff - where we came across 2 policemen with a great job. They were wandering around the outskirts of Highgrove - one had binoculars on to look at birds. We then set off through some rather overgrown fields. There was a path - but it didn't go in the right direction. However, Julie didn't fancy the suggested route. Now it's important in such circumstance to give Julie her head as it was very overgrown. The ensuing route was interesting to say the least and resulted in Julie confessing that perhaps the originally proposed route was to be preferred. (I'm recommending to Dick that he prints out copies of this for future reference). We managed to find our way to the Monarch's Way which was really rather delightful as it led us back to the Macmillan Way and the cars. A very enjoyable outing.
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