Weird Wiltshire
Another location recording and once again it didn’t quite go to plan. The never ending rain led to some of the worst flooding we’ve seen in years and when faced with the sight of a car marooned up to its windows in a flood we decided the sensible thing to do would be to turn round and find another location. But as ever you will have to listen to the podcast to find out where we were.
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A Meander Along Some of Wiltshire’s Rivers
It only seemed like a few days since our last podcast recording – and that’s because it was! Glyn, Elaine and I assembled at a secret location to record our first podcast since June.
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Aldbourne Circular Route and the Abandoned Village of Snap
Finally we got on to the main subject of this episode of the podcast. A walk Stu and I did in March 2022 starting from Aldbourne taking in Liddington Castle and the abandoned village of Snap. You can follow the map and walk description in my blog on the Hidden Wiltshire wbsite.
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Ludgershall Castle and Collingbourne Wood
The main topic of this edition of the Hidden Wiltshire podcast is a walk Glyn did back in 2019. You’ll find his description, route map and YouTube video including his stunning aerial images on the Hidden Wiltshire website using the link below.
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Lacock and the Wilts & Berks Canal
The main subject in this episode was the walk my regular walking buddy Stu and I did in February 2022 starting in Lacock, their target being the Wilts & Berks Canal. Everyone knows Lacock so we didn’t dwell on that for too long. But the canal is something that many don’t know about.
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Bincknoll Castle and Broad Town White Horse
Bincknoll Castle is best viewed from the air where its location can be appreciated, and Glyn has posted some drone shots in his blog. The same can be said of Broad Town White Horse where this almost childlike depiction of a horse is hidden by long grass from ground level. Again Glyn’s drone shots in the blog show it in all its simple glory.
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Grovely Wood
The Hidden Wiltshire Podcast is now broadcast monthly and in this episode we pack up the recording gear and head for the hills to record the whole podcast outside. You’ll have to listen to the podcast to find out where we were, but suffice to say it wasn’t Grovely Wood!
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All Cannings Long Barrow - Tim Daw Interview
The main feature of this episode of the podcast is an interview we did with farmer Tim Daw a few weeks ago. Tim has farmed in the Pewsey Vale for decades and is now semi-retired. (Do farmers ever retire?) But instead of buying a yacht or taking up golf, in 2014 he decided to build a long barrow which he calls a Novolithic Long Barrow.
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Tidcombe, Hippenscombe Bottom and the Devil’s Waistcoat
This podcast’s main feature is the stunning landscape and history of Hippenscombe Bottom. I wrote a blog which was an amalgam of some five visits to the area which I posted on the Hidden Wiltshire website on 21 January 2022. This walk was put together at the request of David Dawson at Wiltshire Museum and we’ll be doing a guided walk with the museum there later in the year.
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Wiltshire’s Chalk Badges
The main feature this week is Wiltshire’s Chalk Badges. The county’s military links are well known and long lasting. As far as we have been able to identify there are four locations where regimental badges can be found carved into chalk hillsides, albeit one is not strictly a regimental badge.
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Medieval Inglesham - Three Counties Walk
Our main subject this week is the walk that my walking buddy Stu and I did in November 2021 which was the subject of a Blog dated 26 November entitled Medieval Inglesham – Three Counties Walk. Continuing this episode’s theme of straying beyond Wiltshire this walk in the extreme north-east of the county involved brief forays into neighbouring Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire. But this was necessary in order to reach our objective.
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RAF Blakehill and RAF Ramsbury
We eventually got to the main theme of the podcast – the World War II RAF bases of Blakehill and Ramsbury. Glyn takes us on a journey through the landscape of what used to be two RAF airfields.
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Old Winsley, Turleigh and The Elbow
The main subject of this episode of the podcast is the walk Glyn and I did recently together with Hidden Wiltshire follower Bo Novak, around Old Winsley and Turleigh which took in the curiously named “The Elbow”. We recorded some audio as we walked so this podcast is a mixture of indoor and outdoor recording.
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Wiltshire Blind House
It’s the eleventy seventh of January and we’re sick of the endless grey days but Spring is in the air. We’ve seen snow drops and crocuses, and the River Till behind my house has finally risen from its dry river bed. It won’t be (that long) before we’re out taking photos of bluebells again, although in an act of extreme provocation Glyn has already posted bluebell images on his Twitter feed.
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White Sheet Hill, Long Knoll and the surrounding landscape
The main subject in this episode of the podcast was Whitesheet Hill near Stourhead, and the surrounding area. We discuss the myriad prehistoric monuments on Whitesheet Hill, nearby Long Knoll, and Park Hill Camp at Stourton as well as medieval Mere Castle, and memories of the Second World War by way of Zeals aerodrome and the poignant Dakota Memorial close by Whitesheet at Beech Clump. As usual in our part of the world, there are immense views everywhere, including across Dorset and Somerset.
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Quaker's Walk, Oliver's Castle & The Battle of Roundway Down
The main subject of the podcast is our first walk involving the whole Hidden Wiltshire team. Glyn and I were joined by Steve Dixon and we recorded our exploits as we walked. We’d been planning to do the Quaker’s Walk in Devizes for a long time. Since this is Steve’s hometown and he spends so much time walking the area it was great to have him along to share his knowledge and wit!
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Christmas Special and Our First Anniversary
Episode 26 of a fortnightly podcast means we’ve made it to the end of our first year of podcasting. And with the dreaded COVID-19 rampaging through the country again we don’t seem to have come very far. But this episode is a Christmas Special and when we look back over the last year we realise just how much we’ve covered and how far we’ve come.
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Codford Down and Chitterne Brook
We’ve called this episode Codford Down and Chitterne Brook but it could equally have been called East Codford Down, Clay Pit Hill, Codford Circle or Oram’s Grave – all places that were visited on the way. Or maybe we could have called it “Bottoms” (listen to podcast to hear why)!
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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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Wiltshire Museum Special
A real treat in store in this episode as we interview David Dawson, Director of Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.
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