MARGARET’S STORY
Finding herself staring out of an office window on sunny days a few too many times when she worked as an academic at Glasgow University, Margaret Reid knew when she took early retirement that she wanted to do something outdoors. On moving to Winchcombe in 2011 and having fallen in love with the Cotswolds, she joined the Cotswold Voluntary Wardens and discovered a wonderful variety of opportunities.
“I started out as a parish warden in Adlestrop, which means looking after paths there, reporting anything that needs attention to our wardens’ work parties, liaising with the village council and landowners. I love doing it and the time commitment is flexible.”
As she enjoys walking, Margaret also decided to train as a walks leader and now plans routes with fellow warden Sheila Wasley as part of the popular guided walks programme offered by voluntary wardens across our Cotswolds National Landscape.
“Plants, flowers, geology: people are interested in different things and feed them into their walks. My interest is social history and things like church sundials and churches – there’s a fabulous little church at Hailes, and Lower Oddington’s has lovely painted walls. It’s fun thinking up walking routes and very satisfying to share them with people. One walk we did ended in Adlestrop with a local resident giving us a short talk about village history and what it was like to have grown up there.”
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Gloucestershire After The War
Discovering the county’s Arts and Crafts memorials of the First World War
THE WILD SIDE OF Moreton-in-Marsh
The days are getting shorter but there’s plenty of reasons to be cheerful, says Sue Bradley, who discovers how a Cotswolds town is becoming more wildlife-friendly and pots up some bulbs for an insect-friendly spring display
Mr Ashbee would approve
In the true spirit of the Arts & Crafts Movement, creativity has kept the Chipping Campden community ticking over during lockdown
The Cotswolds at war
These might be peaceful hills and vales, but our contribution to the war effort was considerable
Trust in good, local food
‘I’ve been following The Country Food Trust’s activities with admiration since it was founded’
Why Cath is an open book
Cath Kidston has opened up almost every nook and cranny of her Cotswold idyll in a new book, A Place Called Home. Katie Jarvis spoke to Cath ahead of her appearance at this year’s Stroud Book Festival STROUD BOOK FESTIVAL – THIS YEAR FREE AND ONLINE: NOVEMBER 4-8
From the Cotswolds to the world
Most people know that the Cotswolds have featured in a fair few Hollywood movies and TV series.
The Wild Hunt
In search of the legendary King Herla in the Malvern Hills
Fighting spirit amid the flowers
Tracy Spiers visits Warwick, a beautiful town that is open for business and ready to welcome visitors
Final journey
Cheltenham author and volunteer on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR), Nicolas Wheatley, recounts the fascinating story of funeral trains
