After my shower and a well deserved rest, I joined the locals for a pint, and then enjoyed haddock fillets, battered with big chips for dinner. I have to laugh, as being who I am, I am able to hold an audience,a bit like our Em, even if I do talk shit. As long as we’re all having fun, who cares. Then at some point, someone asks me my age. Probably the only time, I’m telling the truth, and the only time when no one believes me. Funny that. Then I explain, stay young by walking, and enjoying. I’m happy to think, that it does inspire people. This morning after mueseli, fried eggs, sauted mushrooms, bacon, beans and tomatoes, toast and tea, I walked to the bus stop to catch a bus back to my starting point. I swapped buses at Broadway. I prefer to just walk, but having to do it this way, I do get to see a lot more. When I eventually started walking, the weather was superb. The walking was superb. I kept thinking, apart from the massive climbing along green pastures, and then steep down hill on natural stone paths, this is brilliant. However, that changed after walking through some stables, where the horses looked like Melbourne cup winners. The sky turned black,the thunder erupted, and the rain was coming side ways with a raging wind. It didn’t help missing a Cotswold sign and walking a mile the wrong way.I flagged down a motorist who took me back. When I got out of the car, the storm hit fiercely. He told me, he thought I was crazy to be walking. Thankfully my poncho was ready. Fifteen minutes later, the sun came out. As I walked to the top of the next big hill,it all happened again, but ten times worse. Incredible thunder under black angry clouds. Still at the top of the hill, there was no place to hide. Absolutely got smashed this time, including hail. By now, I’ve met Laurel,a local lass walking a day trip. We were happy not to be navigating this trip alone. It was now very slippery and quite dangerous trying to go down the slippery slopes. I was laughing, as I thought after yesterday, today would be boring. Quite the opposite. Eventually when Laura and I reached the bottom, and the weather settled, we said our good byes. I checked my phone, and I only had a forty minute walk to my accommodation. Happy to walk, than negotiating a bus.