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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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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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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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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Knapp Down and the Ebble Valley
The main subject this week was the walk that I did with my regular walking chum Stu at the end of August. In fact Stu was responsible for putting this route in the Ebble Valley together. But his long career in the army, where he was used to yomping long distances laden with huge loads, resulted in a slightly over-ambitious route of nearly 15 miles including a gruesome 4 miles along the old Salisbury – Shaftesbury turnpike.
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Erlestoke Wood and the 1917 Field
We then moved onto this episode’s main subject, a previous Hidden Wiltshire/Wiltshire Museum walk to Erlestoke Wood and the 1917 Field. You can follow the walk using the link on the Hidden Wiltshire website. The walk starts in the village of Erlestoke itself. The village has connections with the Special Operations Executive, the secret British organisation that was active during the Second World War. In the graveyard next to the car park where the walk began is the gravestone of Marie Louise Huntley Walker who died in 1980 and who was a member of the French Resistance. Surely a nod to Erlestoke’s SOE activities?
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The Coffin Trail from West Ashton to Steeple Ashton
This week’s podcast follows the coffin trail between West Ashton and Steeple Ashton, a walk that Glyn posted a blog about on the website on 9 July 2021. This was the route used to ferry coffins from the village of West Ashton, before its church was built in 1846, to the church at Steeple Ashton for burial.
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Eden’s Last Post
Then on to this week’s walk. This was a walk that I did in 2020 as described in his my on the Hidden Wiltshire website of 10 June 2020. The walk was of around 12 kms taking in the Ebble Valley villages of Ebbesbourne Wake and Alvediston before heading into the hills on the water shed above the valleys of the Ebble and the Nadder.
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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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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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The Valley of the Stones and Devil’s Den
In this episode we explore the expanse of Fyfield Down, searching out both hidden natural and human phenomena. There was so much to see and find that we went twice, and in the process recorded our first outside broadcast. You’ll find a link to the podcast below.
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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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Pewsey (or is it Marlborough) Downs?
In this episode we explored the Marlborough Downs (also known as the Pewsey Downs) around Milk Hill, Tan Hill and Clifford’s Hill before returning to the start of the walk along the canal.
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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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