Winchcombe 3 : 3 Bradley Stoke
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Sunday, 25 January 2026
Saturday, 24 January 2026
Saturday, 17 January 2026
Sunday, 11 January 2026
Sunday, 4 January 2026
Men's Football
A high scoring game!
Winchcombe Working Men's XI 6 : 4 Evesham Working Men's FC
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Monday, 29 December 2025
Saturday, 20 December 2025
Men's Rugby
A very close match played on real grass.
Cheltenham Tigers 2nd XV 26 : 27 Longlevens
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Saturday, 13 December 2025
Friday, 12 December 2025
Saturday, 6 December 2025
Sunday, 30 November 2025
Saturday, 29 November 2025
Friday, 28 November 2025
Sunday, 23 November 2025
Friday, 21 November 2025
Saturday, 15 November 2025
Sunday, 9 November 2025
Women's Football
A cup game which ended in a 0:0 draw and had to be decided on penalties. Winchcombe beat Bradley Stoke by 3 : 2
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Sunday, 2 November 2025
Saturday, 1 November 2025
Women's Rugby
A match between the top two teams in the league. Sale dominated the first half, but the Tigers fought back to force a draw.
Cheltenham Tigers 1st XV 17 : Sale FC 1861 XV 17
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Sunday, 26 October 2025
Saturday, 25 October 2025
Sunday, 19 October 2025
Women's Football
Winchcombe Ladies 0 : City of Gloucester 10
As if the result wasn't bad enough, it rained throughout the whole game!
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Friday, 17 October 2025
Sunday, 12 October 2025
Saturday, 11 October 2025
Women's Rugby
The main reason for my visit to Newlands was to photograph the Women's 1st Team game, but I was early enough to catch a fair bit of the start of the Women's 2nd XV game.
Cheltenham Tigers 2nd XV 24 : 19 Launceston
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Men's Rugby
My visit to Newlands was timed to catch roughly the first half of the Women's 2nd Team game. They were delayed by Men's 2nd Team game going on longer than expected. I used the extra time to catch a few pictures of the men.
Cheltenham Tigers 2nd XV 76 : 7 Minchinhampton
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Sunday, 28 September 2025
Sunday, 21 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 11
Rather than travel directly home we opted to go via Strata Florida Abbey and the Cors Caron Nature Reserve.
Last day - travelling home
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Saturday, 20 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 10
A wet day. Very wet. Very, very wet. Our first excursion was to visit the Elan Valley reservoirs. Not only was it raining but the reservoirs were miserably low due to maintenance work. When we reached Rhayader we turned around, retraced our route and carried on to Aberystwyth. There we experienced a maze of little roads, parked cars everywhere and had to go right out the the harbour before finding a spot to park. We managed a brief walk around the harbour before the heavens opened again!
Third of three nights at the George Borrow Hotel
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Friday, 19 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 9
The main walk of the day was to the source of the Rheidol Rinver - Llyn Llygad Rheidol Reservoir. This was a long walk along a track used to give access to the reservoir itself and just as we arrived there were three water board personnel just leaving. Later we had a small walk around the main reservoirs - used for hydro power generation.
Second of three nights at the George Borrow Hotel.
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Thursday, 18 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 8
A dull day. Firstly a walk along the beach at Aberdovey then a visit to the red kite feeding place. Lots of kite pictures taken - very few successes!
First of three nights at the George Borrow Hotel.
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Wednesday, 17 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 7
A damp day with some lovely sunbursts. We opted to tackle the lower slopes of Cader Idris. These proved too steep for us and we didn't do very much on either the Minffordd Route or the Pony Path. However, we did have a good long walk along the road from the Pony Path car park.
Fourth night of four at the Ty'n y Cornel hotel.
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Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 6
First a walk along both sides of the Torrent Path and then a stroll along the north side of Tal-y-Llyn. The Torrent Path was a delight - time spent looking for things to photograph. Without the need to keep moving it could have been extremely productive. Decent shots of the torrents were only really any good on the west side of the stream/river. Yesterday's winds had made the acorns drop making the paths like walking on marbles!
Whilst going along the Tal-y-Llyn path we were entertained by the RAF!
Third night of four at the Ty'n y Cornel hotel.
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Monday, 15 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 5
A wet and windy day. We needed full waterproofs and walking boots for a brief visit to Barmouth. We were able to shelter behind some public toilets to get a few pictures of the Barmouth Bridge and the town. The wind was blowing sand off the beach and it was so strong that it was difficult to walk! Our visit was very brief.
We were fairly confident that the wind would not blow Harlech Castle down, but it was strong enough for it to have closed for the protection of the public. We took a few pictures in the town and then drove around to see if we could get a good view of the castle - we failed!
On the way back to Tal-y-Llyn we called in at the George III hotel at Penmaenpool for lunch. Since our previous stays there it has been much changed - not all bad!
Second night of four at the Ty'n y Cornell hotel
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Sunday, 14 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 4
We took a lengthy route to Tal-y-Llyn to give us a chance to visit Rhyd-Ddu. Many years ago we used to leave cars there when we spent days on the Nantllw Ridge. These days the ridge would be beyond us, but we did manage a walk in the rain.
First night of four at the Ty'n y Cornel hotel.
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Saturday, 13 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 3
A bright but windy day. Our first stop was Mynydd Mawr with its views over to Bardsey Island. Then on to the whistling sands at Porthor - the wind and waves prevented us hearing any whistling! It was a busy beach with lots of walkers and surfers - we made good use of the little cafe. The final visit was to Porthdinllaen. We walked around the bay to the village (which was heaving!) and then around the headland to the golf course.
Third night of three at the Ship Hotel.
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Friday, 12 September 2025
Holiday in Wales - Day 2
Day 1 of the holiday was used to travel to our first base for the holiday - the Ship Hotel in Aberdaron. The hotel was really good, our room was big and had a fair view of the beach.
Day 2 was splendid and windy. The hotel is near the beach and we spent some photographing the waves before setting off on a walk around part of the headland to the west, via Porth Meudwy. Plenty of views and lots of wildlife. With a lot of up and down paths we eventually opted to make tracks back to the village by inland routes. Later we took a long walk along the beach to the east.
Second night of three at the Ship Hotel.
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Saturday, 6 September 2025
Friday, 5 September 2025
Sunday, 31 August 2025
HONC
HONC - Hell of the North Cotswolds - the 40th example of this annual endurance cycle event. Starting at the point where the footpath across the big field behind Sudeley leaves the Old Brockhampton Road, I moved across the field ending at the finish point in the field next to the castle's car park. From what I could make out I was only there for the time that saw the arrivals of those on the shortest route.
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Sudeley Area
Whist waiting for the HONC (Hell of the North Cotswolds) cyclists to arrive I pottered around taking a few pictures.
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Saturday, 30 August 2025
Men's Cricket
The match between Winchcombe 1st XI and Forest Exiles XI was abandoned due to rain. Winchcombe batted first and towards the end of their forty overs the rain had reached a level at which I gave up and left. As I discovered afterwards they gave up the game just before they had completed the forty overs - presumably very soon after I had left.
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Saturday, 23 August 2025
Men's Cricket
Winchcombe 2nd XI beat Cheltenham Civil Service 3rd XI by 150 runs
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Sunday, 10 August 2025
Thursday, 7 August 2025
Saturday, 2 August 2025
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
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