Food for the soul

 Sometimes you just need to get away from the hustle and bustle and craziness of life even if for only a few hours. We came up to Coaley peak on the most perfect of May evenings to just sit and still our souls and simply look. We didn't even bring the dogs as we just wanted peace, but we did both feel very guilty about leaving them behind! We were on the top of the Cotswold escarpment looking over the Severn Vale and above is the view South to Cam Long Down.

The view is just amazing. You can see right the way over to Sugar Loaf mountain near Abergavenny . If you have binoculars you can see the Severn bridges, Oldbury Power Station and Sharpness Docks all along the river Severn snaking it's way though the landscape.

The patchwork fields looked simply beautiful and the sound of the tractors silaging and the land being worked seemed right too. it wouldn't look like this if it wasn't farmed. I grew up in this kind of landscape and I used to love peeking in the hedges to see the bird nests and walking though the summer hay fields..aahh such memories!

 You can see the Malvern Hills too, they dominate the view north west, their distinctive ridge back dominates the landscape for miles. I once heard they are the tallest mountains if you head due East until you reach the Urals...? Maybe?

This little section of the cotswold way has the nympsfield long barrow and hetty peglers tump too. Perhaps ancient man thought it was a good place to bury their dead with a view. There is Uley Bury hill fort too so this place has been inhabited for a long time.

It did us both good to drink it all in and watch the sun go down, readying us for jumping back into the fast pace that life seems to try and sweep you along at these days. I'm feeling tired with life a little and this was a welcome little break.