Chipping Campden
We drive trough the Cotswolds and take a walk around Chipping Campden.
A History of Chipping Campden | Exploring the Cotswolds
Chipping Campden is a small market town in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England. It is notable for its elegant terraced High Street, dating from the 14th century to the 17th century. In this second part, Robin takes us around the town and talks about some of it's history.
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Chipping Campden
Short film clip of my route into the Cotswold village of Chipping Campden where my destination is One Stop Convenience Store in lower High Street.
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Walk to Broadway Tower Chipping Campden Gloucestershire
Walk to Broadway Tower is something that is great for locals and tourists alike in Chipping Campden Gloucestershire. We can help you find out exactly where would be best placed for you and your family. Feel free to drop into our office to arrange a viewing of the most suitable properties we have available.
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The Churchill Arms a Pub in Paxford with a chef trained by Gordon Ramsay
Dinner at the Churchill Arms Paxford 2017
Canadian wins Shin-kicking World Championships in Chipping Campden
Canadian wins Shin-kicking World Championships in Chipping Campden
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Driving Broadway to Chipping Campden. Dec1994
Before the bypass was built traffic passed right through Broadway village. We travelled up Fish Hill in our works motor an early Subaru 1800 estate and into nearby Chipping Campden a day or two before Christmas 1994.
Cotswolds, England: Village Charm
More info about travel to the Cotswolds: As with many fairy-tale regions in Europe, the present-day beauty of England's Cotswolds was the result of an economic disaster — in this case, the collapse of the wool industry. The fine Cotswold towns fell into a time warp, creating a rustic charm that is the basis of today's new prosperity from tourism.
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Chipping Campden Tourism Ernest Wilson Memorial Garden Birthplace Plant Collector
2013 interview with Tim Sexton, Tourism officer for Chipping Campden. He talks about Ernest Chinese Wilson, his birthplace, medals, and the Memorial Garden. Copyright Max Media Asia/ Susan Yu
The World Shin Kicking Championships
For a small number of folk living in rural England, the Cotswold Olimpicks are much more important. The games are an opportunity for ordinary people to indulge in honest and harmless sports.
Well, some may be harmless such as the Tug-of-war, wheelbarrow and sack race, but others like the shin-kicking (British and World Championships), which is a bruising discipline, is not for the faint-hearted.
Many of these sports may not have made it the other Olympics, but they have all been practised in Chipping Campden since the 1600s when a certain Mr Robert Dover started a day of competitions. The games were called ‘Olimpick’ and were compared with the Greek Olympics (776BC-394AD).
The title was used thereafter, long before the present series of Olympic games dating from 1896. Captain Robert Dover, a lawyer by profession inaugurated the Cotswold Olimpick Games in 1612, ten years after Hamlet was first performed, using the natural amphitheatre of Dover’s Hill on the outskirts of the parish. They were held on the Thursday and Friday of Whit-week and included horse-racing, coursing, jumping, wrestling, spurning the bar, pipe-playing and country dancing. Robert Dover died in 1652 and the games continued until 1852 when they were finally ended.
The games were held again in 1951 to celebrate the Festival of Britain and were fully revived with the founding of the Robert Dover’s Games Society in 1965.
Nowadays the games are a combination of modern team races involving wheelbarrows, straw and water but the most popular event of the evening is undoubtedly the Shin Kicking championships.
All that is required to enter this event, is courage, two feisty feet and as much straw as you can shove in your trousers. The idea is to kick your opponent's shins until you bring him down the harder you hit out, the more likely you are to win.
There are few rules, but competitors are not allowed to simply perform a sweeping manoeuvre as used in Judo. This is very much a full-contact sport and stamina is just as important as speed and agility.
Each bout is decided in the best of three and competitors start by adopting a shoulder hold leaving their legs and more specifically their shins free to inflict the damage.
The winner of this years’ Shin Kicking was Zac Warren a 23-year-old Stonemason from Pershaw, Worcestershire.
Pennine Way Part 3 | Tan Hill Inn to Greenhead
Join me as my Pennine Way adventure continues. Part 3 sees me walking from Tan Hill Inn to Greenhead on Hadrian's Wall. This section has some of the most breathtaking sights of the whole walk, there are many splendid waterfalls and the magnificent High Cup Nick. I hope you enjoy watching.
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Chipping Campden Mountain with a GoPro Hero 4
First outing with the GoPro Hero 4 silver whilst out cycling. This section of ride is through Chipping Campden and then up the Chipping Campden Mountain Strava section
Globe Trekker - England & Wales featuring Ian Wright
Ian Wright takes us on a journey through England to neighboring Wales. Ian learns much about the rich cultural heritage of this part of Great Britain, visits some of the countries' most beautiful spots and gets a good taste of British eccentricity along the way.
Ian begins his trip atop the white cliffs of Dover - this stunning cliff face is the first glimpse of England for many visitors arriving from mainland Europe. It is also home to historic Dover Castle.
From Dover, Ian heads to Canterbury, world famous for its cathedral and still home today to the Head of the Church of England.
Ian then hitches a ride to Glastonbury, for the music festival that is one of the highlights of the English summer. Thousands of revelers come for the music, the dancing, the hippie vibes and the mud!
Next stop is Cornwall, the county that occupies the south western tip of England and is known for its stunning coastal walks, beaches and seafood. In the tiny fishing village of Port Isaac, Ian meets some Cornish singers who are fiercely proud of their heritage and, with the help of a couple of Cornish ladies, cooks up a giant version of the county's most famous dish, the humble Cornish pasty. Ian finds himself transported to a tropical rain forest when he visits the Eden Project, the world's largest greenhouse that houses over 5,000 different species of plant and is one of England's most popular tourist attractions.
Taking the train along the south coast from Plymouth, Ian arrives in the great naval town of Portsmouth. He tours one of England's most famous battleships, HMS Victory. It was from on board this ship that Admiral Nelson led England to victory against the French at the Battle of Trafalagar in 1805. In the evening, Ian catches a spectacular celebration of the battle with flotillas and fireworks in the harbor.
Ian travels onwards to Windsor and to one of the three official residences of the Queen, Windsor Castle. Over the bridge from Windsor is the town of Eton, famous for the poshest private school in the country, Eton College. The college was founded in 1440 by King Henry VI.
Ian thinks he has stumbled across the perfect picture-postcard village when he arrives in Chipping Campden in the Cotswolds. He takes part in one of the oldest and strangest sporting events in the English calendar, the Cotswolds Olympics, and discovers that he's never going to be a champion 'shin kicker'!
Ian dresses up in 15th century garb when he attends a jousting festival at Berkeley Castle. Donning chain mail, helmet, lance and shield, he gingerly mounts his horse to pitch battle against the Black Knight.
The Severn Bridge takes Ian from England to Wales, a country with just three million inhabitants but more castles per square mile than any other country. Ian hops aboard the picturesque Ffestiniog Railway and at the other end retires to a cosy pub for a quiet pint. He is surprised to discover everyone taking part in the pub quiz in a completely different language - Welsh! It doesn't take Ian long, however, to learn to how to order another pint in the language! Ian also meets some of the finest male voice singers in the world.
Ian ends his journey in Snowdonia. He spends the night in the hotel where the Everest team stayed during their training in the Welsh mountains for their successful ascent of Everest in 1953. The next morning Ian heads off with a local guide to tackle the southern peak of the Snowdon Horseshoe. It's a hard scramble to the top but the breathtaking and far-reaching views of the Welsh countryside to the coast are well worth the effort and are a fitting end to Ian's adventure.
Coventry to Chipping Camden circular bike ride Clip 3
Lunch stop outside the New Inn at Norton Lindsey after about 17 miles.
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A History of Northleach | Exploring the Cotswolds
Northleach is a market town in Gloucestershire, England. The town is in the valley of the River Leach in the Cotswolds, about 10 miles northeast of Cirencester and 11 miles east-southeast of Cheltenham. Featuring a wonderful medieval church and an old prison, Northleach is well worth a visit to any Cotswold traveller.
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