Mr Pickwick's Summer Meander

A grand day out - exploring the differing terrains that Gloucestershire can offer. Taking-in The Forest of Dean, Severn Vale and the Cotswolds. Finishing where Mr. Pickwick supped too much Ale. The ride heads out of Tewkesbury and south down the west edge of the Severn Vale, for a beakfast stop on the edge of The Forest of Dean. The second stage cuts through the forest, and drops down to Chepstow for a chance to get refreshment. Then across the Severn Bridge, up onto the Cotswold escarpment with either a lunch or mid afternoon snack stop at Malmesbury. Stage four is a run through the Cotswold lanes to Bourton-on-the-Water. Then dropping off the Cotswolds through Winchcombe (the ancient capital of Mercia) with an run back across the Severn Vale to Finish at Tewkesbury. Free all-day parking available at Tewkesbury by prior arrangement.