Yesterday was a day of thunderstorms and heavy rain so it was a case of trying to find a window between the downpours to get out and walk. I saved…
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Category: Travel
Aston Rowant Nature Reserve and Turville Heath
Each year when I visit Cholsey Grange CL I try to include a walk to Aston Rowant Nature Reserve. There is the option to drive nearer to the reserve and…
Read MoreSweltering in the Chiltern Hills
The weather continues to be stiflingly hot in the Chiltern Hills. I am not a creature who enjoys very hot weather, I like it warm but once it gets near…
Read MoreLeygrove’s Wood and Cadmore End
A key feature of our caravan travel over recent years has been the annual fortnightly trip to Cholsey Grange CL to look after the site whilst the owners Ted and…
Read MoreA Circuit To Etchilhampton Hill
We are nearly at the end of this short trip away, but there is still time for one more walk and an opportunity to bag a new Ordnance Survey trig…
Read MoreCherhill Monument from Roundway Hill
Earlier in the year I visited the Cherhill Monument and White Horse with Mandy my walking buddy. It was part of our quest to visit all the Wiltshire white horses…
Read MoreA Few Miles from Horse Lane Farm CL
In a normal year, and this is anything but a normal year, we would have been away in the caravan for around sixty nights by now. However this year we…
Read MoreRowde from Horse Lane Farm CL
We have decided to get away for another week in the caravan. We have not been shopping since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic relying on home delivery instead,…
Read MoreWalkers Hill from Pewsey
Last year with three walking buddies I walked the Sarsen Trail, the 26-mile walk between Avebury and Stonehenge. The route took us over Walkers Hill near the Alton Barnes White…
Read MoreThatch in the Pewsey Vale
Today we are walking from Charlton Manor CL again, exploring a bit more of the Vale of Pewsey. It is amazing that we are so close to home, yet until…
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