Route: from the Rose and Crown, Ratley following Chapel Lane to some steps beside a house to a stile. Then across a muddy field to reach and walk along Centenary Way as far as a line of trees. Swinging left to follow a faint path descending a shallow valley across fields to a footbridge with a short detour to examine a rusting combine harvester then heading up the far slope to turn left on the road as far as the junction. Then following a path along the edge of the hill just lower than the road before heading down some steep steps to cross afield and turn left along the road in Radway. Bending further left along West End keeping the grounds of The Grange to the left. Passing a pond and some thatched cottages to a stony track through a kissing gate and continuing uphill across a field towards Radway Tower, now the Castle Inn. After a pint, crossing the road to a path running between Cavalier Cottage and Rupert House to turn left at the very quiet road back to Ratley.
Conditions: a grey day becoming sunnier later.
Pub: the Rose and Crown Ratley for lunch and Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford Gold and Charles Wells Bombardier before the walk. During it, The Castle Inn for Hook Norton Red Rye.
