DAY 1: Hiking the Cotswold Way (10 mile day)

AN EPIC FIRST DAY!
Come with us as we spend 9 days hiking 102 miles on the Cotswold Way.
The Cotswold Way is a long distance walking trail that runs between the town of Chipping Campden in the north and the city of Bath in the south.
With over 102 miles (164km) of magnificent views, ancient sites and beautiful villages, this trail offers a unique look at the English countryside!
Day 1 mini itinerary:
Start in Chipping Campden
Lunch in Broadway
End in Stanton
10 miles total
Want to explore the Cotswolds for yourself? Here are a few options:
6-day walking tour - gyg.me/DY0yEkF7
Private Guided Tour Day Trip by Car - gyg.me/aoc0iVVR
From London Private One-Day Tour by Car - gyg.me/b2QpCSfO
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[@keefsmiff]

This is a criminally underviewed set of videos, great couple,you should be proud of yourselves 😎

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thank you so much 😀

[@marcuswardle3180]

Capability Brown was an outstanding landscape Gardner. He is responsible for the most iconic English landscapes. He literally moved hills of soil to create the wonderful vistas we have today.

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

You could say his capabilities were unmatched.

[@cricketcalin]

That NC couple is actually my parents! They spoke of y'all fondly and I got to tease them about their KZbin fame 😂

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

STOP IT RIGHT NOW!!! We loved them so much! Tell them hello and we miss them! 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@SwissFidgeting]

What did they think of the trip? Awesome that you found the video haha

[@dogwithwigwamz.7320]

I once ( three times in fact ) walked 42 miles over the North Yorkshire Moors in 12 hours ( The Lyke Wake Walk ). It was hard going. A Hundred miles in a day would be very hard going.

[@cumberlandont]

My husband and I first walked the Cotswold Way in 1997 before it became a National Trail. We have since walked it 5 times over the years and will be walking it again in May this year, for the 6th time to celebrate entering our 70"s... We also used Cotswold Walks, they are fantastic and have used them for other walks as well. I came across your video and have to say it is the best realistic video of this walk I have seen , especially if you have never walked long distances before...we were the same as you when we did it the first time and it was done in 5 days!!! We now take much longer to be able to really enjoy the scenery, pubs and the people. So glad you both enjoyed it, we loved watching you and knowing that in a month or so we will be walking it again. Well Done!!!

[@hertelantje]

Just found you guys through Mark Masterson’s reaction to this video. Never heard of the Cotswold Walk before. So beautiful. Might walk it one day. Thanks for the inspiration. Will ‘accompany’ for the rest of this trip.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Oh my goodness - we just watched the reaction video! HOW FUN! Glad you're here!!! :)

[@AnyoneForToast]

​@@Off.Day.AdventuresSame here! I've invited myself along for the rest of the walk with you both. I promise not to be any trouble. 😁

[@richardsoper777]

Love to see the Cotswolds Highlighted. Thank you

[@ianb3562]

Good video and good weather!. I grew up in the area and have done most of the Cotswold way as day walks. The walls are dry stone walls and you get them all over the UK. The colour varies depending on the local stone.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

It was beautiful! What a great place to grow up!

[@kayaker9912]

Nice video! What a super relaxing walk. Thank you for sharing.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thank you for watching!

[@ivandavies1388]

Capability Brown was an outstanding landscape gardener in the 18th century. Another excellent video, glad you enjoyed the hike.😊

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We LOVED it!!!

[@EnglishmanJustWalking]

Definitely a picturesque trail. Cotswold stone houses. Small villages. Rolling hills................and finishing outside Bath Cathedral..........after passing some of the most famous architectural sights in Bath. Enjoy

[@snp45.52]

Great content guys as we head in to Autumn it brings home how beautiful the English countryside is ..keep it up

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thank you!! We LOVED it!

[@RonSeymour1]

Never eat the low-lying blackberries because if a dog takes a pee, that is where it will hit.

[@raymondporter2094]

...exactly what I was going to say. In the north of England we call those fruit Brambles. Great on cereal/porridge or on puddings, or used to make Bramble jam or jelly.

[@andrewdoubtfire4700]

I wouldn’t eat low hanging blackberries in case a dog has recently passed by…..

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

That is an excellent point 😕 Not going to think about that anymore 😂

[@primalengland]

You spelled the last bit wrong. 😊

[@michaelhancox1986]

Always pick them high up! 😂👍

[@paulbromley6687]

Tangy

[@louisaklimentos7583]

Great vlog and you two must be fit . Enjoy!!

[@gmf121266]

I walked up Dover hill with my Dad in 1993. He's passed on now, but it's great to see you walk the same path to Broadway tower. It brings back happy memories. Blessings and thanks.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We were both born in '93, some significance there maybe? Thanks for sharing :)

[@AndyEdwards-ss6oe]

You two are the best!

[@ONLYJOKING101]

Aways nice to see England seen through the eyes of someone new.

[@PhilipOlsen11]

Hi both. That was great. That walk looks like one I’d like to do next summer. Look forward to catching up on the next stretches 👍

[@CallumMcDonald77]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@alundavies1016]

You were in “a” shire, if not “the Shire”, Worcestershire I think.

[@snaomi67]

Amazing walk in such beautiful location ❤❤❤

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We LOVE it!!

[@BeckyPoleninja]

Your heart rate was spot on for the hi... If you can speak 4-5 words but not a whole sentence you are in the perfect cardio training zone. 😊

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Hhahaha good!

[@chipsthedog1]

4-5 words? Perfect for "where is the nearest Pub"

[@ernestknoxknox7075]

Great job with the filming guys

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thank you!

[@The.Android]

Only low hanging blackberries or fruit or any edible plants in public places should generally be avoided because a dog or three may have decided to water them first. 🐕🐶

[@johnclements6614]

Also avoid in the fields as pesticides may have been sprayed. There are plenty on the footpaths.

[@anthonycutt]

Amazing, enjoyed this sooooooooooo much, your both great.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thanks for watching!

[@gmf121266]

It's so cool that you guys experienced Belas knap and understood it's significance.

[@petersimpson538]

My mum went to school in Chipping Camden 😁

[@Lizard329]

I want to do that!

[@chrisfinlay3274]

Lovely video!

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thank you!

[@albin2232]

You two are welcome here anytime. We are very fond of our American cousins ❤

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We're already planning a trip back!!

[@JavaWalkerWorld]

Excellent video and experience...You guys inspire us. You guys are cute...good vibes 😊. We see you having a great journey on KZbin.. You're naturals, on screen. Looking forward to seeing your day 2.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thank you for watching!!!!!

[@newretrodave]

Now that's a pub crawl!

[@yips_way]

The house for sale @ 13:23 in your video is currently on the market for £925k ($1.1m US) - bargain, ouch 🤣

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

I WISH! ha!

[@yips_way]

@@Off.Day.Adventures I know!! - I was a little shocked myself - but it is a beautiful village. Maybe one day eh? 🤣

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

@@yips_way putting it on my vision board 😂

[@jasondickson6121]

Really enjoyed watching this, I am planning to run it this Monday day over 2 days it was really helpful to see the terrain and your feedback, thanks :-)

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

That's awesome! How did it go?!

[@Lizzpalmerrr]

Minute 15:20 is literally me 🤣🤣

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Happened at least once a day like WHAT ARE y’all DOING TO STAY FIT 😂

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

August was insanely wet , even for here , so I’m really happy you got some sunny weather.

[@samuelbarrett9403]

August wasn’t wet down in the Cotswolds last year. We have pretty sunny and good weather in the summer, sunny weather is not unusual at all in Summer down here! Winter is another matter, rain every day!

[@davidberesford7009]

Good start.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thank you!

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Oh I remember now, after a catastrophically wet August, we did have a mini heat wave at the beginning of September. Just after the kids went back to school.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

That's exactly when we were there!

[@arcturus8218]

reminds me to get my blackberries out the freezer that i picked in the summer and make some more blackberry snd apple crumble, i do soak them first when they are fresh as they hav insect lava in them sometimes lol, oh and dont pick the low ones either for obvious reasons🤣

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Yes we learned that after.....YIKES! hahaha!

[@johneikenmeyer8100]

which tour did you guys go on. We are doing the cotswolds this summer and it looked like you stayed at some very nice accomodations

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We booked with CotswoldWalks.com - would definitely recommend them!

[@garylancaster8612]

Gloucestershire Cotswold resident here and I have to say I really liked this video. You were so lucky with the weather! I've done the Cotswold Way myself but not in one go, over 3 weekends so 6 days walking. It's so beautiful and is "England at it's best" which used to be the motto of Gloucestershire County Council! I'll watch the rest of your vids and probably comment on all.

[@samuelbarrett9403]

They just experienced decent normal summer weather in the Cotswolds, not so lucky at all!

[@garylancaster8612]

@@samuelbarrett9403 Oh right. I live in the Cotswolds and I can assure you that for almost the entirety of July and August the weather was cool, grey, cloudy and rainy. It literally broke to sunshine (for a week only) on 1 September. So they were indeed, very lucky.

[@samuelbarrett9403]

@@garylancaster8612 July was the worst July I can ever remember!! So nit usual at all!! August down here in the southern Cotswolds was not bad at all! You talk utter shite!

[@garylancaster8612]

@@samuelbarrett9403 That's why the week they had was not normal you ignoramus. July was appalling, August was slightly better but still bad. It literally broke to warm and sunny the day they started. So it wasn't "normal weather in the Cotswolds" because the normal weather was horrible for weeks beforehand, as it often is. I suppose you think the weather we're having today is normal decent spring weather too.

[@MONEYCOUKENGLAND]

I'm doing this next month and was thinking of booking a hotel each night but we all agreed to camp overnight..

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Camping would be SO COOL! Let us know how it goes!

[@joshuanetherton616]

If you’re wanting to come back to Cleeve hill to make up for the golf you missed.. I live in Cleeve, my parents love your content. Reach out, I’m sure we can figure something out. It is right on our door :)

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Stop it right now BECAUSE WE WILL!!!!!!!! Ben talks about that golf course at least twice a week, ha!

[@joshuanetherton616]

@@Off.Day.Adventures You’d need to be happy on a spare bed, and we have a Borda Collie assuming you’d be alright with dogs?

[@leonpennington1648]

Guys I've really enjoyed your Cotswold Way clips but next time you are in the UK you should try the Lake District in North West England,and Wales........Oh and Scotland.........glad you enjoyed it, great edited videos ❤

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

All of that sounds good to us!!!! Thank you for watching!

[@richclasper8272]

A fantastic video and you were so lucky with the weather as the Summers aren't always that great here in the U.K. especially the further north you travel. Unfortunately maybe a bit too hot for walking, but at least you had stunning blue sky views of the countryside, so there are always pluses and minuses. I live only 30 mins away from the Cotswolds so like to go there whenever I can. I wish more North American visitors would not focus on London, but see the "real" U.K. All over the country are Public Footpaths which give people the right to walk across owned land, and indeed these are fiercely protected by hikers and ramblers, which may seem strange to people from the U.S. Indeed the landowners are expected to maintain the paths by cutting back vegetation etc. Of course some of these paths have been used for hundreds of years as routes between villages and other settlements before cars and horse ownership was only for the rich. I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Agreed! Love London, but this was...just something else!!!! We'll take the blue skies any day!

[@mehitabel6564]

Fabulous. I also found you via Mark Masterson's video. You're walking where I live, I think Day 7 is near Wotton-under-Edge, next door to me. So glad you're discovering this little piece of the world. We (in our 60's) go out walking in it at least twice a week, it's our stress relief and gym and therapy. The cares of the world just seep away when you're out in that landscape. May I ask which company you're hiking with? We book with Contours when we're walking other parts of the UK, similar self-guided but rooms booked in inns and pubs, with porterage. New subscriber.

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Thank you so much for watching! We have some fun stuff planned with Mark soon!

[@ProffessorLOBE]

If you come back to the Cotswolds please can you document some of the other villages: Blockley, Moreton, stow

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We'd LOVE to!

[@sarahwawrzyniak]

This is awesome! My husband and I were just visiting broadway tower its so beautiful. What company did you guys use to plan your stays? How convenient!

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We used Cotswold Walks . com - love them!

[@alisoncauser2955]

Dry stone walls are made by choosing key stones with flat faces each side, they are infilled as they are built with smaller stones and soil to level off the key stones and fill the gap. They have been built this way for 100s of years. They can last hundreds of years, with the odd spot repairs.

[@johnadey3696]

His name was Lancelot Brown "Capability" was his nickname.

[@WCGUK2024]

Just a tip, next time use backpacks that can fit waterbags

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

That is a GREAT idea!

[@gmdhargreaves]

Nice camera what is it?

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Just an iPhone, but we used a DJI Osmo as a gimbal :)

[@andypandy9013]

02:18 Do you guys know the easiest way to spot an American tourist in the UK? Or pretty much anywhere else outside North America for that matter? Baseball Caps! 😜 🙂 09:17 One of our popular UK "comedy" poets called Pam Ayres wrote the following poem: I am a Dry-Stone Waller All day I dry-stone walls Of all appalling callings, Dry-Stone Walling's worst of all. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Hahahaha 100%

[@alfiecat5671]

Brilliant video. This walk is on my 50th birthday hiking list in April

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

Ahhhhh!!!! So excited for you!

[@adamhathaway5939]

Please go walking in the Lake District or peak District and Yorkshire Moors other places available😂😂

[@samuelbarrett9403]

Weather is rubbish in those places though.

[@adamhathaway5939]

Waterproof and true walkers

[@samuelbarrett9403]

@@adamhathaway5939 Fair play, actually agree. Also sometimes much nicer walking in nice misty rain than blazing sunshine!

[@user-ch9if6px6r]

Im watching this again and trying to get my two girlfriends to join me.

[@michaelbiggs1254]

I cannot believe a Floridian described the Costswolds as hot. 🤣

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

WE WERE SHOCKED TOO! ha! But we just avoid the outside in summertime

[@samuelbarrett9403]

The Cotswolds are often quite hit I;on Summer and often shock Americans thinking it’s going to be cool,and wet! Our Summers are often sunny and very warm. The people who say they were really lucky don’t live around here, this is just a typical Summer in the South of England

[@gianlucaangelini6066]

Hi! What's the season you get the trekking?

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We were there the first week in September - 2023!

[@halbertr]

What company did you use?

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We used CotswoldWalks.com

[@harprdh]

So who was making the video?

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

What do you mean?!

[@nancimoll9901]

@@Off.Day.Adventures I wondered if you had someone with you doing the filming because I didn't see how you could be making the video and be hiking .

[@cynthiaeaton4696]

What company did you use ?

[@Off.Day.Adventures]

We used Cotswold Walks .com - going to create a big post with more details soon!