The North Chiltern Trail – Barton – Pegsdon The weather forecast was good for the first part of the morning giving me a chance to complete the next section of the North Chiltern Trail. A steep climb out of the village of Barton-le-clay bought me quickly out of the stick in the mud, stubborn, clay…
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THE WESSEX RIDGEWAY – The Stones to the Wheel: Dorchester to Abbotsbury (Part II)
Four miles! After walking approximately 160 miles across Wiltshire Downs and Wessex Heights I rather held back from putting the top on my thermos flask, rising up my sixty year old hips and completing the last stretch of stunning countryside into Abbotsbury. How wonderful to have my son J with me every step of the…
THE WESSEX RIDGEWAY: The Stones to the Wheel – Iwerne Minster to Ansty
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…
Wessex Heights: Inkpen Beacon
Inkpen Beacon – another of Hardy’s “Wessex Heights” tackled.
INDEX OF WALKS IN DORSET
It is no secret that my favourite place for walking is Thomas Hardy’s Wessex and here is an Index of just a few of the walks I have done. I hope to add many more to it! 1 Golden Cap – A Boxing Day Circular Walk up Golden Cap near Bridport. 2 Pilsdon Pen…
PILSDON PEN – WESSEX HEIGHTS
PILSDON PEN “So I am found on Ingpen Beacon, or on Wylls-Neck to the west, Or else on homely Bulbarrow, or little Pilsdon Crest, Where men have never cared to haunt, nor women have walked with me, And ghosts then keep their distance; and I know some liberty”. Hardy (“Wessex Heights”) “Little Pilsdon…
