WINTERBOURNE ABBAS Walk Two Route: Winterbourne Abbas – Martin’s Down – Kingston Russell stone circle – Little Bredy – Winterbourne Abbas Length: c. 11 miles Inset of Chesil Beach […]
When You Get Home (Dorset)
October 1st, 2012 § 7 comments § permalink
When You Get Home Often the best way to proceed is to select the most interesting place from the walk and then use a stream-of-consciousness technique to move through the various layers until something sparks a connection, which may be ancient lore or reveal carefully ignored territory. Most often it will just be rediscovering […]
Ogbourne St George and The Ridgeway
September 9th, 2012 § 4 comments § permalink
Ogbourne St George and The Ridgeway Length: 12½ miles. The best map is OS Explorer 157. The Ridgeway is designated a national trail, even a national treasure in some people’s view. Don’t be put off by the sheer number of walkers setting out to ‘do’ the Ridgeway in six days or whatever—this is […]
When You Get Home
September 8th, 2012 § 1 comment § permalink
The internet provides you with a tool of colossal power quite unprecedented in the Halls of Academe, thus far only rivalled by the printing press in its scope. As soon as you Google a place visited on your walk, a unique set of pathways will open up before you. Just dive in. For instance, if […]