17 September – It was a beautiful , clear start as I left Iwerne Minster for the day I had labelled my Wessex Heights. I have long had an affection for the poem “Wessex Heights” by Thomas Hardy and indeed have written several posts about it before (found here). I was full of excitement and gratitude…
Tag: The Wessex Ridgeway
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,…
