Today Lynnie and are walking with our friends Wendy and Gary who we have known since they moved into the village just over a year ago. In normal circumstances I…
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Category: South West
Trigs and Handsel Sisters in Grovely Wood
I am continuing my quest to walk areas close to home I have not previously explored. So today I am off to Grovely Wood on the west side of Wilton…
Read MoreThe Old Shaftesbury Drove from Fovant
We are in the midst of a second lockdown so my walking in the last few weeks has been restricted to being out with one other person. When I was…
Read MoreA White Horse and Moonrakers
At the start of the year my walking buddy Mandy suggested we try to visit all the Wiltshire White Horses in 2020. Normally this would not be too difficult to…
Read MoreMelbury Beacon and Ashmore
There are not many positives coming from the Covid-19 pandemic, but one is that I have done a lot more walking closer to home. In normal circumstances Lynnie and I…
Read MoreMartin Down and Sixpenny Handley
I am out again today walking from Martin Down with my friend Nigel from New Forest Navigation. We have plotted a thirteen mile route that will take us to Pentridge…
Read MorePorlock Weir and Culbone
Before I left home I mentioned to a friend that I was heading to Minehead to do some walking on Exmoor and she asked if I had ever walked to…
Read MoreWootton Courtenay and Dunster from Minehead
Over many trips to this area I have walked Hopcott Common and Periton Hill and seen footpath signs for Wootton Courtenay but have never ventured into the village. So today’s…
Read MoreAllerford and Bossington from Minehead
Later in the week I plan to walk around Porlock Weir and think I will start from Bossington. I have not walked from there before so decide that today I…
Read MoreTrig Hunting on Exmoor in the Rain
After bagging Withypool Common trig point yesterday at Brightworthy Barrow I plan to add two more to my list today and have the trigs at Shoulsbury Castle and Five Barrows…
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