13 September. Today the sun shone for the whole day and the walking was amazing. I left my superb air b and b and headed towards the Downs via Bratton church. I was reminded of my time three years ago walking the Pilgrims’ Way , when, as then, I came across a lady arranging the…
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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 – Index of Posts
The Wessex Ridgeway – Avebury to Abbotsbury In September 2019 I am planning to walk from the stone circles at Avebury (“The Stones”) to St Catherine’s Chapel in Abbotsbury. St Catherine being the Third Century martyr tortured and broken on a Wheel (“The Wheel”). The route will take me from Wiltshire, across Salisbury Plain and Cranbourne Chase…
