Thursday 12 September. Market Lavington to Bratton. Weather forecast a bit changeable today and there looked a few interesting villages en route so I came off the Downs again to explore them. I soon left Market Lavington and was out in the fields and woods. For the first half hour I came across a few…
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THE WESSEX RIDGEWAY: From the Stones to the Wheel – Devizes to Market Lavington
Wednesday 11 September: Resumed the Wessex Ridgeway from the end of The Quakers Walk, Devizes and walked along the Southern side of the Kennet and Avon canal. Weather was a bit drizzly and I only passed one hardy couple. There was a slight detour where the towpath was closed and a trek along the A…
THE WESSEX RIDGEWAY: From the Stones to the Wheel – Avebury to Devizes
Monday 9 September. Left Talbothays, travelled via the bookshop in Marlborough where we bought “Dig, dig, digging” and arrived at a peaceful home in Trusloe, Avebury. Incense, affirmations and crystals added to the energy inherent in this landscape. The Neolithic stone circle is the world’s largest and the Dalai Lama, is said to have declared…
THE WESSEX RIDGEWAY: From the Stones to the Wheel – Introduction
I am ready and prepared to begin my walk through Ancient Wessex tomorrow. I have called the trek “From the Stones to the Wheel” because I am beginning at the immense stone circle at Avebury that lies inside Britain’s largest henge monument and finishing at St Catherine’s Tower in Abbotsbury. St Catherine was, of course,…
WALKING BY THE FLEET IN SPRING
For several weeks I had been feeling the call to be in Hardy’s Wessex and this delightful circular walk from Fleet to Langton Herring and back alongside the tidal lagoon was an apt reminder of what I had been so deeply missing. I have lost count of the times I have visited Dorset and can’t…
THE PILGRIMS’ WAY – Revisited. WATT’S GALLERY AND ARTISTS’ VILLAGE
One of the many places I hoped to revisit when undertaking my gratitude walk along the Pilgrims’ Way in 2016 was the Watts Gallery and Artists Village. I had stopped there on day 4 of my pilgrimage for a cup of tea in the café and took the time then to go slightly off-route to wander up to the Watts Memorial…
THE HERTFORDSHIRE WAY: Bishop’s Stortford to Hare Street
The Hertfordshire Way – Bishop’s Stortford to Hare Street: The one where we got lost – and again and again and again! Leaving Tesco’s Car Park on the outskirts of Bishop’s Stortford we soon found ourselves in the open countryside and came across a sign showing us where the Herts Way had been diverted. We…
THE PEAK PILGRIMAGE : Eyam
I arrived at my Eyam, the destination of the Peak Pilgrimage during an August afternoon. The last day had involved more hills than I expected and after a quick visit to the church I checked into the superb Eyam Youth Hostel. An hour’s rest on my bunk bed, however re-invigorated me and I walked back down…
THE PEAK PILGRIMAGE: Day 3 – Bakewell to Eyam
Early on an August morn I climbed up from the beautiful town of Bakewell on my final leg of the Peak Pilgrimage. The steepness of the route for the first few miles surprised me and challenged me a little. On reaching the golf course (a difficult one to play, I imagine) I was somewhat confused…
THE PEAK PILGRIMAGE: Bakewell
Nestled alongside the River Wye Bakewell is, of course, best known for its puddings – a very sweet concoction of pastry, jam and almond paste. My memories of it will, however, be of sunflowers, eating a pizza slice whilst watching a croquet match take place on the outskirts of the cricket pitch, a super childrens’…
