The River Till
We then move on to the main subject – the River Till. This quintessential chalk winterbourne rises in Tilshead and flows all the way to Stapleford where it joins the Wylye. Many people quite understandably assume that Tilshead takes its name from the river. But this is not the case.
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Sutton Veny and Tytherington
This episode is the second of our Hidden Wiltshire walks to include some location recording, which seemed be so popular (according to our poll of three listeners) following our first attempt two weeks ago. Between us Glyn and I have done this walk three times already this year. It was that good!
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Searching for Kitt’s Grave (In Memory of Kay Chalk 1929-2019)
This podcast involves a search for Kitt’s Grave in bandit country on the borders with Dorset and Hampshire. A story of historical fact or folklore? Or both?
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Ranscombe Bottom and Morgan's Hill (and the naked highwaymen)
In this episode we explore the remarkable landscape of Ranscombe Bottom before travelling along the Roman road through Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman history. We discuss the grizzly past of Morgan’s Hill and Furze Knoll (some of it distressingly recent)…
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Castle Combe and a Hint of Ancient History
Episode 6 of our Hidden Wiltshire podcast is now live in which we explore the countryside around Castle Combe whilst giving the village itself a (reasonably) wide berth. It’s hardly hidden as the entire world know about it!
This area of Wiltshire is characterised by babbling brooks and deep combes, or bottoms as we like to call them here. The podcast follows a walk I did in July 2020.
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The Deverills North of the River Wylye
Episode 5 of our Hidden Wiltshire podcast is now live in which we continue our walk in the hills above the Deverills. We follow a walk that both Glyn Coy have done about which I wrote a blog in May 2020 for the Hidden Wiltshire website.
The walk takes up where the last episode finished in Brixton Deverill before climbing the hills to the north of the River Wylye.
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The Deverills South of the River Wylye
Episode 4 of our Hidden Wiltshire podcast is now live in which we explore the village of Kingston Deverill and the hills to the south of the River Wylye. We follow a walk that both Glyn Coy have done about which I wrote a blog in May 2020 for the Hidden Wiltshire website.
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Vernditch Chase and the Chalke Valley
My latest blog for Hidden Wiltshire recalls a recent walk in the borders of Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire. It is a landscape of spectacular and varied scenery steeped in history. It takes in long barrows, ancient earthworks, a Roman road and even a little mystery.
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A visit to Castle Combe without entering the village!
As a long time resident of Wiltshire I’ve become fascinated by its ancient, as well as more modern, history. We have some of the world’s most famous monuments on our doorstep and many tourist honey traps. One such honey trap is Castle Combe, a picture postcard village of honey coloured stone cottages and its village centre Cross.
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Including several Wiltshire Bottoms!
Great Ridge is steeped in history. Its woods sit on a ridge at about 600-700 feet and form part of an ancient trackway that once led from the Kentish coast all the way to the Bristol Channel.
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