Weather forecast was average but we were expecting a somewhat rain-free day so we decided to drive to the Cotswold Water Park and walk the “Three Villages walk”.

The Cotswold Water Park isn’t a fun park but an area of 40 square miles, with more than 150 lakes, set across the countryside of Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and West Oxfordshire.

This particular walk is circular and of around 9 miles starting at Somerford Keynes. The first section of the walk follows the route of the Thames path national trail towards Ashton Keynes and then north to South Cerney.

At South Cerney we had lunch at the Eliot Arms and then set back on the final section. Alas, after very heavy overnight rain the path became impassable under around a foot of water and with just a mile or two to complete we had to abandon and track back to South Cerney. Mo says this place should be renamed Waterworld.

At this point we used the local public transport and caught a bus to Cirencester and then back to Somerford Keynes.

In the evening, we watched Eexit, the Brexit sequel in which the England football team lost 2-1 to Iceland!