Pauline
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On Facebook, I was posting about a walk we did today and one of my friends said they would like to have a map to follow along on some of the walks we do.
The Ordnance Survey Explorer maps (1:25,000) are large paper folding maps that show the public footpaths for an area. I always purchase one for the area where I am walking, even if I have a walking guidebook, because the maps are never good enough in the walking guides. For the area where we live and walk most often, I get an extra map and cut it up, so it is easier to use.
Today we did an easy walk that we have not done before. We walked from Painswick to Stroud. Painswick is a village (5,000+ population) and Stroud is our local larger town (20,000+ population). By car it is 4 miles - not far. It took us 1 1/2 hours to walk, with very little change in elevation. Buses run from Stroud to Painswick every hour and we took the bus back.
Here is an easy way to follow our route and see how easy it is to go walking in the Cotswolds.
Ordnance Survey Maps Online
You can see Ordnance Survey maps online at www.getamap.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk
Silverlight needs to be installed.
Go to the Login and select "view as guest".
In the Locate field, put in the postal code for the Painswick car park - GL6 6UZ.
The map is displayed but footpaths are not shown.
In the upper left of the map, click LEISURE to see the walking map view. Public footpaths are green dashes.
Follow Our Short Walk
For today's walk, we started in Painswick.
South on Stepping Stone Lane (the lane the car park is on).
West on lane across from Skinner's Mill Farm.
Through Sheephouse, across a field, down a gulley and across a stream (muddy). Up the other side and across a field.
Across Pincot Lane (this is where we took the photo today).
Straight on across fields, across a lane, to Hammonds Farm.
Across a field (where the farmer must have sprayed herbicide to create the path through his crop because the plants were yellow along the path and green everywhere else). Across Painswick Old Road.
Across fields to Stroud.
Read a bit more about walking in the Cotswolds on my website Cotswolder.
This was my photo of the day for today, taken on the walk, of Steve by the stile on Pincot Lane. You can see the Pitchcombe Church in the background.
The Ordnance Survey Explorer maps (1:25,000) are large paper folding maps that show the public footpaths for an area. I always purchase one for the area where I am walking, even if I have a walking guidebook, because the maps are never good enough in the walking guides. For the area where we live and walk most often, I get an extra map and cut it up, so it is easier to use.
Today we did an easy walk that we have not done before. We walked from Painswick to Stroud. Painswick is a village (5,000+ population) and Stroud is our local larger town (20,000+ population). By car it is 4 miles - not far. It took us 1 1/2 hours to walk, with very little change in elevation. Buses run from Stroud to Painswick every hour and we took the bus back.
Here is an easy way to follow our route and see how easy it is to go walking in the Cotswolds.
Ordnance Survey Maps Online
You can see Ordnance Survey maps online at www.getamap.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk
Silverlight needs to be installed.
Go to the Login and select "view as guest".
In the Locate field, put in the postal code for the Painswick car park - GL6 6UZ.
The map is displayed but footpaths are not shown.
In the upper left of the map, click LEISURE to see the walking map view. Public footpaths are green dashes.
Follow Our Short Walk
For today's walk, we started in Painswick.
South on Stepping Stone Lane (the lane the car park is on).
West on lane across from Skinner's Mill Farm.
Through Sheephouse, across a field, down a gulley and across a stream (muddy). Up the other side and across a field.
Across Pincot Lane (this is where we took the photo today).
Straight on across fields, across a lane, to Hammonds Farm.
Across a field (where the farmer must have sprayed herbicide to create the path through his crop because the plants were yellow along the path and green everywhere else). Across Painswick Old Road.
Across fields to Stroud.
Read a bit more about walking in the Cotswolds on my website Cotswolder.
This was my photo of the day for today, taken on the walk, of Steve by the stile on Pincot Lane. You can see the Pitchcombe Church in the background.
