I haven’t been out for a day’s walking since returning from my trek between Taunton and Gloucester a couple of weeks ago. A combination of wet weather and struggling with…
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Tag: Wessex Ridgeway
Melbury Beacon and Win Green
On a chilly day last November I headed out with my walking buddy and we visited Melbury Beacon at the western end of Cranborne Chase. On that day visibility was…
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 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 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 MoreOn the Plain and in the Vale
It is interesting that we are staying in the caravan only half an hour’s drive from home and yet it feels like we are far from home in another part…
Read MoreBagging Cherhill and Devizes White Horses
Earlier in the year my walking buddy Mandy suggested we try and visit every white chalk horse in Wiltshire as part of our 2020 walks. At the time it seemed…
Read MoreAvebury to Stonehenge on the Sarsens Trail
Earlier in the year with three friends, Mandy, Glenda and Ged, I walked the Clarendon Way, the 27-mile route between Winchester Cathedral and Salisbury Cathedral it was a cracking day…
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