The long dirt road leading to California Farm, a bed and breakfast in a beautifully restored centuries-old farmhouse that sits right on the Cotswold Way near the village of Charlton Kings outside Cheltenham. (Sue Horton / Los Angeles Times)
Lynne Bennett, one of the owners of California Farm. (Sue Horton / Los Angeles Times)
If you’re walking the Cotswold Way in the spring, the bleating of lambs is a constant accompaniment. When an ewe gives birth, she and her lamb have the same number painted onto their sides so that the farmers know which lamb goes with which mother. (Sue Horton / Los Angeles Times)
The oldest parts of St. Mary’s church in the village of Painswick date to the 14th century. (Sue Horton / Los Angeles Times)
Hiker Carl Byker adjusts his sock, an essential part of preventing blisters on the long trek, near the village of Kings Stanley. (Sue Horton / Los Angeles Times)
Author Sue Horton at the halfway mark in a pasture just south of the village of Painswick. (Sue Horton / Los Angeles Times)
The unobtrusive sign on the main street of the village of Chipping Campden that marks the start of the Cotswold Way (if you’re walking from north to south). (Sue Horton / Los Angeles Times)
