Seven Springs to Birdlip

9 miles / 14.5 km

Sometimes the trail doesn’t bring us close to the town where we stay mainly due to the fact that there are limited places to stay right on the trail.

Seven Springs is located a few miles from Cheltenham where our hotel was located. So, we used a taxi service to pick us up & then drop us off the next day to continue the trail from where we left it.

From what we saw, Cheltenham is a lovely college town. It was a bit of a shame because I was too tired to walk around & explore.

After breakfast & our taxi drop off, we were on the trail around 9:15 AM.

After a short climb, we summited Leckhampton Hill which has an old Iron Age fort on it.

On the top, we enjoyed beautiful views for a while.

One shop along the way on Crickley Hill made a smart decision to sell ice cream for dogs as well as for humans.

That is a great business idea since many people from nearby Cheltenham were out enjoying the beautiful Saturday weather with their four legged friends.

We totally lucked out by doing this hike in mid-May because both the wildflowers & domesticated flowers have been stunning.

We asked this gentleman to take our picture on Leckhampton Hill, then met up with him again later on down the trail. We walked together for the next few hours chatting about England & America. He is a retired truck driver spending his time walking all the UK trails. He gave us some very good tips on future walks to enjoy in the future.

Made it to our cute English inn & had a snack after our hike.