Birdlip Gloucestershire Walk Foggy Start

A Cotswold walk. From this well known beauty spot, most people head for the Crickley Hill Country Park. We head the other way. Filmed on a crisp winter’s day and starting in the heavy mist that this lip of the Cotswold escarpment is renowned for, we head ‘inland’ under the busy A417. We quickly leave the traffic and crowds behind and head into pure Cotswold country. Past the tall radio masts, where shortly we leave the surfaced road, and take to what would have been a normal track surface, when most goods travelled by horse or mule. The walk continues along a quiet county lane past spinney’s, woods and wide open spaces, before turning once more on to an old track-way, which leads through some Cotswold upland scenery, back to the road we came in on, and the car park. By now the mist has burnt off, and the view for which the area is famous is revealed at last.
My passion has been walking, a while ago I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and walking does not come naturally any more, however the more I walk the easier it gets, for now anyway. I hope these videos will inspire others to keep going and hanging on in there. I try to cover variety of subjects, such as old abandoned railways, and canals. I love the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire, with its rich history and I usually take my camera whenever we holiday in the southwest and Cornwall. The rugged coastal paths are a magnet for anyone who loves dramatic scenery. I live close to the Cotswolds Hills and have done quite a lot of walking around there, recently, following some of the lovely rivers. Hill walking on the Malvern’s is a challenge but worth the effort. I try not to let Parkinson’s get me down and take every opportunity to get out with my camera and film, I hope you enjoy watching. P.W.