Broadway Tower...

...and some wild thistles. The camera was almost on the ground for this one.

The temperature was forecast to be a few degrees lower today so I decided to do a longer walk (which I find difficult with the temperatures we have been having for the last few weeks). I arrived in Broadway before the tourists to catch the bus to Chipping Campden and then walked back on the Cotswold Way. 

The Cotswold Way goes for a hundred miles, all the way to Bath and I plan to do it all, but in bite sized chunks. 

There were lots of people out walking. Eventually you arrive at Broadway Tower which has fantastic views, although a little hazy today. Lots of tourists here but I got this shot from around the side without any of them in it. A couple of more conventional shots in the extras.

As I'm sure you know the countryside is all  burned up and dried out by the sun. I walked through one very large field planted with broad beans - the plants are wilting and there are hardly any pods on them. I suspect the farmer won't even go to the cost of harvesting them. Losses for them and much higher prices for the rest of us.

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