Cotswold Way Hike Itinerary- need help

Hello - I’m sure you will have found this site but just in case you haven’t, it apparently offers an interactive map to check mileages.

https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/cotswold-way/trail-information/

So- if you look at the information page of the website the mileages are-

Chipping Camden to Wood Stanway ( please confirm walking mileage) 12.5 miles
Wood Stanway to ? ( can't find a village with accomodations within 10-15 miles) please help.
? to Birdlip ( please confirm walking mileage
Wood Stanway to Birdlip is 26.8 miles- there are breakpoints at Winchcombe (5.4 miles) and Dowdeswell (16.5 miles-Pulham's bus #801 to Cheltenham if you can't find anywhere in the village)
Birdlip to Painswick ( please confirm walking mileage) 8.6 miles
Painswick to King Stanley ( please confirm walking mileage) 7.8 miles
King Stanley to Wotton Under Edge ( please confirm walking mileage 14.5 miles
Wotton Under Edge to Old Sodbury ( please confirm walking mileage) 12.5 miles
Old Sodbury to Cold Ashton ( please confirm walking mileage) 9.2 miles
Cold Ashton to Bath ( looks like 10.5 miles) 10.2 miles

I was just thinking- on the Wood Stanway to Birdlip stretch- if you wanted to do the split into 3 days, so having a short 1st day to Winchcombe-then from there you could take the Gloucester Warwickshire Steam Railway (a preserved line) into Cheltenham to do something different with the rest of the day and sightsee there.
Then you could maybe stay in Cheltenham for 2 nights- from Cheltenham there is quite a good bus service-Pulhams #606 -back to Winchcombe

We just returned from England yesterday, and walking the Cotswold Way with friends was the highlight of our trip. The mileages provided above look correct to me--you really only get exact mileage when you figure it from lodging to lodging. For example, since we stayed in lodgings a mile or so beyond the center of Cold Ashton (though Cold Ashton was the address), our Old Sodbury to Cold Ashton day came in closer to 10 miles, and from there to our lodgings in Bath (as opposed to the medallion in front of the Abbey marking the end of the trail) was closer to 8.5.

In between Wood Stanway and Birdlip, we stayed at The Rising Sun in Cleeve Hill. It was about 12 miles from where we stayed in Wood Stanway, but then it was a bit over 15 miles to where we stayed in Birdlip, and that was a LONG day.

In Old Sodbury we stayed at The Dog Inn, but I'm afraid I would not recommend it. It wasn't bad, just not very good; all of us rated it at the bottom of our list of places we stayed. Send me a PM if you want the details. A lady we met on the trail was staying at Sodbury House Hotel, but we didn't see her on the trail again afterwards, so I don't know how that worked out for her.

If you are looking for someone to move your luggage from lodging to lodging, I can recommend Sherpa Vans. We had a very good experience with them, as did friends of our friends during an earlier hike.

Finally, I cannot emphasize enough to train for hills while you're preparing for this hike. There's not a lot of elevation gain like in a mountain hike, but there is a LOT of up and down. Every single person we chatted with on our hike said "This is a lot hillier than I expected." The distances weren't bad for us, but the up and down could be a strain on the knees if you're not prepared for it. I ended up having to "sit out" a day of the hike and take a bus to our next lodging.

But it's a wonderful walk--beautiful and mostly quiet. So glad we finally got to do it. Hope you have a wonderful time also.