As we have at the other hotels, we left our luggage in the lobby so that the bags could be transported to the next hotel, and left the Broadway Hotel about 9:00 AM on what would turn our to be our most difficult hike of the trip. We walked up the main street, past the United Reform Church and then took a footpath hidden between several houses.
At 13.7 miles, this was also our longest hike, with the trail crossing rolling fields and over steep hills, starting with a 1,000 foot climb to the 65-foot tall Broadway Tower, an 18th century Gothic tower built in the form of a castle for Lady Coventry. The Tower, which houses an exhibition, is located on a hill at an elevation of 1,024 feet, and from the top we had dramatic views of the landscape below.