Over the last thirty years I have frequently travelled between Salisbury and Taunton and driven past Mere on the A303. I can’t recall ever visiting the town and have often…
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Category: Somerset
Dowlish Wake from Hill Farm CL
After my early morning walk I headed off to Perry’s Cider Farm Shop at Dowlish Wake. I hasten to add that I was not in search of cider, but a…
Read MorePilsdon Hill and Lewesdon Hill
Before the year is out I plan to visit the highest point in Wiltshire at Milk Hill on a walk which will include bagging the Alton Barnes White Horse. It…
Read MoreChard Reservoir and Herne Hill
Today we are going to take a walk from Chard and head up to Ilminster to bag a trig point on Herne Hill. It is just a short drive from…
Read MoreBagging Lambert’s Castle Trig
A few years ago Lynnie and I visited Lambert’s Castle hill fort. In those days I was not “bagging” trig points. Although I am pretty sure we visited the trig…
Read MoreSeeking My Past in Hinton St George
For a few years now I have been dabbling in researching my family tree. It is an interesting pastime which I delve into now and then. I have tried to…
Read MoreA Stroll to Chillington
After a couple of weeks at home we are away in the caravan again. This time we are heading west to Hill Farm CL close to Hinton St George in…
Read MoreWalking in the Rain on the Quantock Hills
I am back on the Quantock Hills today, the weather forecast is not great and Lynnie has decided to stay in the caravan and catch up with some reading whilst…
Read MoreOn a Section of the Grand Western Canal
Whilst at the Cadeside CAMC site last January we did an interesting walk along a disused section of the Grand Western Canal and we’ve decided to combine part of that…
Read MoreSearching the Quantocks for a Missing Glove
On yesterday’s walk on the Quantock Hills Lynnie managed to lose one of her expensive Sealskin walking gloves, so today we plan to do the same walk but in reverse…
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