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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Beckhampton Gallops and the Witch Plantation
The main subject of this episode was the walk that Glyn did in July around the Beckhampton Gallops. There’s a link to his blog about it with a map on the Hidden Wiltshire website.
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Pewsey Downs - The East End
Then on to the main subject of this episode. This sort of follows a walk I did in March 2019 on the Pewsey Downs to the east of the Pewsey Downs car park between Walkers Hill and Knap Hill.
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Wiltshire Clumps
Something a bit different in this episode. Instead of talking about a particular walk we focus on something that is classic Wiltshire. Something that we’ve all seen right across the county. The ubiquitous Wiltshire Clump.
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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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The Fonthill Estate and the Gold Suited Doorman
Episode 10 of the Hidden Wiltshire podcast is now live.
As we clock up double figures with our 10th episode this one is dominated by stories of some truly bizarre people including the gold suited Spanish dwarf Perro!
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The Story Behind the Image
Snow is rare where I live. When it finally arrives I try to be prepared. To have in mind scenes where the landscape is stripped back to its simplest elements. I know this place intimately. It’s the nature reserve where I’m a volunteer. I’ve titled this image “Pointless…”.
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Knook Castle and Imber
The first episode of the Hidden Wiltshire was more successful than we imagined with around 500 listens. We’d have been happy with five! People from all over the world listened to it - Japan, Canada, USA, UAE, South Africa, several European countries as well as all across the UK. We were astonished.
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New year, new venture
What can you say about 2020 that hasn’t already been said a thousand times? An unforgettable year but a year to forget. But on a personal level there were many good things about it. I gained a nephew and even a great nephew (not in that order!), I visited a part of the UK that has been on my bucket list for a lifetime and now, right at the end of the year and at the beginning of the next, a new venture. A new experience.
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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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Downland and canal tow path
If I had to choose my favourite part of Wiltshire the Pewsey Vale with its immense views from the chalk downland and the contrasting Kennet and Avon Canal would be high on the list.
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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 the fruitless search for Medieval Shaw Village
In my last blog I mentioned the blogs that I write for the Hidden Wiltshire website where I’m able to combine my love of walking with that for photography.
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Writing for Hidden Wiltshire
As travel restrictions eased I’ve made tentative journeys further from home.
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The challenge of photographing on your doorstep
When I first built this website a month ago I had an admittedly short roadmap for a series of posts for this blog. But little did I know that the whole world would be turned upside down after just two posts.
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