Nailsworth to Bath.—The road climbs for the first 2 miles (1 in 15), and then is undulating along a ridge of downs until about 3 miles from Bath, where the long descent is 1 in 15.
Bath to Highworth.—An excellent road, with a steep hill soon after Cricklade (1 in 12), and an abrupt descent after Highworth (1 in 12).
The road becomes hilly near Chipping Norton, with a very stiff descent at Fish Hill (1 in 11), after which the road is excellent all the way to Tewkesbury and Gloucester.
PLACES OF INTEREST ON THE ROUTE
Painswick.—Exceptionally picturesque little Cotswold town. Fine church and churchyard, with clipped yews; Painswick Court, a fine old Tudor house near the church.
Stroud.—A small town with cloth manufactures. Town Hall of fifteenth century; church modern, except tower.
Nailsworth.—A cloth manufacturing place scattered in the valley south of Stroud.
Bath.—The famous Georgian watering-place. A large stone town. Roman baths in splendid preservation; the Abbey Church, Perpendicular; Pulteney Bridge lined with shops; good eighteenth-century houses.
Bradford-on-Avon.—An old village with a famous Saxon church. (On a short loop from Bath. See Map.)
Box.—A small village near long tunnel on G.W.R. Church of various periods.