Once upon time in Seend
The village of Seend provokes thoughts on the past and musings on the esoteric and other worlds. A place to look for pirates and storks.
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Elaine Perkins
Aug 48 min read
The Downton Circular and a Hero's Reward
Remembering the hero Horatio Nelson on a lovely circular walk along the River Avon near Downton.
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Paul Timlett
Jul 2616 min read
Colerne and the Three Shires Stone
This is another route right on the extremes of the county. It is mostly in Wiltshire apart from a short section in Somerset.
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Paul Timlett
Jul 114 min read
Easton Hill, Clumps and Barrows
Long term followers of Hidden Wiltshire will know how much we like our bottoms. But a nice clump comes a close second.
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Elaine Perkins
Mar 109 min read
Wilsford, the Normanton Down and the Enigma of Arrival.
Exploring Wilsford and Normanton Down in the ancient Stonehenge landscape, we contemplate V.S. Naipaul's Enigma of Arrival.
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Paul Timlett
Feb 99 min read
A Slice of Ham
My destination was to be the little village of Ham and its beautifully simple church of All Saints.
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Paul Timlett
Nov 8, 202311 min read
Egbert’s Stone, The Harrow Way and a Splendid Bottom
Today we are walking in the hills above the valley in which one of our most beautiful rivers, the Wylye, rises.
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Paul Timlett
Aug 6, 20239 min read
North West Border: Blocked Paths and Long Barrows
This has been a very difficult blog to write. One which I very nearly didn’t write at all.
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Paul Timlett
Jul 31, 20236 min read
Vignettes of Bradford-on-Avon
It’s easy to focus on the more obvious attractions of towns and cities during a visit, especially when they are as beautiful as this
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Paul Timlett
Jul 16, 20235 min read
The Whistler Window
A visit to All Saints Church in West Lavington, Wiltshire and its remarkable Whistler Window
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Paul Timlett
Mar 28, 20235 min read
George Herbert Walk
The George Herbert Walk in Salisbury, following in the footsteps of 17th century poet, priest and musician George Herbert.
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Paul Timlett
Mar 10, 202312 min read
The Lavingtons and the Wessex Ridgeway
A snowy walk connecting West Lavington, Market Lavington and Salisbury Plain via the Wessex Ridgeway
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Paul Timlett
Feb 12, 202311 min read
A French Enclave in Wiltshire?
A walk from the village of Wylye along the river to Fisherton de la Mere then up to Wylye Down National Nature Reserve and Monarch's Way
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Elaine Perkins
Jan 19, 20238 min read
Great Durnford, Ogbury and the Flood
A walk around Great Durnford and the unusual hillfort of Ogbury and a curious brass memorial with hints of a murder.
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Paul Timlett
Jan 2, 20239 min read
Little Langford and stories of Ghosts
The hamlet of Little Langford in Wiltshire and its church. Stories of ghosts and poltergeists and visits to other Wylye Valley churches
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Paul Timlett
Nov 11, 202210 min read
Of Bread Stones and Oak Apples
The Bread Stones and Oak Apple Day in Great Wishford, Wiltshire
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Elaine Perkins
Oct 21, 20227 min read
Atmospheric Ansty, Wardour and Swallowcliffe.
An atmospheric walk in the beautiful Cranborne Chase area of Ansty, Wardour and Swallowcliffe. Once the realm of the Knights Hospitallers
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Paul Timlett
Sep 25, 20224 min read
St Andrew's Church, Rollestone
A short tour of The Church of St Andrew in the Wiltshire hamlet of Rollestone
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Elaine Perkins
Sep 21, 20228 min read
The Borbach Chantry and the Woods
A visit to the Borbach Chantry and walk around Bentley Wood, Blackmoor copse and the villages of East Grimstead and West Dean
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Elaine Perkins
Sep 14, 20227 min read
The Village of Alderbury
A walk around the village of Alderbury its history, lovely church and links to Martin Chuzzlewit.
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