Rombald’s Moor Walk

November 27th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

One of the things you need to do when walking in today’s countryside is to let your imagination encompass the passage of time.  Take a comparatively mundane example of a roadside marker you will definitely welcome—a pub. It is universally agreed that beer and other alcoholic brews such as mead have been around since at […]

When You Get Home (Rombald’s Moor)

November 27th, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Ilkley Moor and the adjoining Bingley, Burley and Morton Moors are collectively known as Rombald’s, or Rumbles, Moor.  The name is said to be that of a fabled giant, generally credited in folklore with superhuman feats in constructing these marvels, an explanation roughly as trustworthy as our own academic folklore that these things are geological […]

Avebury Walk One

November 2nd, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Avebury suffers from the crowds and is altogether over-egged by the Heritage Industry.  Even so, you’ll have to ‘do’ Avebury because of its importance.  Leaving the strict village environs and walking round the perimeter of the various earthworks will give you an impressionistic idea of the general relatedness of the landmarks.  The best map is […]

Avebury Walk Two

November 2nd, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

Route:  Avebury – Avebury Trusloe – Windmill Hill – Avebury Length: 4½ miles   The best map is OS Explorer 157 or Landranger 173.       From Avebury car park follow the path towards the village where all the usual slightly twee but not outrageous fare of the National Trust type is available and […]

When You Get Home (Avebury)

November 2nd, 2012 § 0 comments § permalink

The image of people dancing round ancient monuments—not to mention ancient monuments dancing round people if folklore is to be believed—has so impressed itself on the collective consciousness as to make the connection with maypole dancing quite overt.  In fact maypole dancing is a celebration of May 1st, which is the date when the sunrise […]