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The Country Code

And finally, as you set out to walk the Cotswold Way, please remember that the countryside needs your care and respect.

The Country Code evolved from principles set down by Octavia Hill, a champion of the countryside and one of the founders of the National Trust, who wrote in the early days of the 20th century:

Let the grass growing for hay be respected, let the primrose roots be left in their loveliness in the hedges, the birds unmolested and the gates shut. If those who frequented country places would consider those who live there, they would better deserve and more often retain, the rights and privileges they enjoy.

THE COUNTRY CODE

The path beside Dowdeswell Wood Nature Reserve (Stage 4, Southbound; Stage 10, Northbound) is flanked by drifts of ransoms (wild garlic) in springtime

1 Enjoy the countryside and respect its life and work.

2 Guard against all risks of fire.

3 Fasten all gates.

4 Keep dogs under close control.

5 Keep to public paths across farmland.

6 Use gates and stiles to cross fences, hedges and walls.