Comments on: A Walk Along The Ridgeway

By: Milo

Milo — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:44:31 +0000

Not for the first time you’ve got me all wistful. I so hope I get the chance to cram some sarnies and water into a backpack and set off myself along this way. Whether it will happen or not is moot but your description will suffice for now. Ta.

By: Jonathan Madden

Jonathan Madden — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 07:33:56 +0000

The Ridgeway is a liberating and stimulating walk. I walked its length from west to east back in 2018 over a number of weeks. During the first stage near Avebury we came upon a couple of guys carrying out a geophysical survey for a university. After a brief chat and they were kind enough to show me some of the results of their investigations under a huge ploughed field. I was utterly amazed to discover that beneath the surface the whole area was virtually covered in red squares indicating human activity. This ancient trackway has been a route for hundreds of years and I would recommend anyone fit enough to walk its length, in part or completely, thanks GE for another great post.

By: Marcia Howard

Marcia Howard — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:51:04 +0000

Thank you Gentle Author. This triggered some lovely memory for me, not only from when my father was alive and would always stop at a place of interest on our way to see Grandparents in Gloucestershire, but in later years when I became a Friend of the Ridgeway, and would walk one stretch of it every Sunday, making many friends from fellow walkers with me. I always had a good hour’s drive from my then home in Berkshire to get to the next starting point, but the circular walk was a good antidote to a demanding job where the clean air could blow away the cobwebs.

By: Lorraine

Lorraine — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 06:44:24 +0000

So beautifully described it even made me, the most unlikely candidate for any kind of walking, feel a desire to tackle the road.

By: Frances Christine Bevan

Frances Christine Bevan — Thu, 29 Aug 2024 05:54:42 +0000

Yesterday you visited my childhood haunts and today you have joined me in old age. Avebury and Barbury Castle; Richard Jefferies and Edward Thomas. Lovely to meet you here Gentle Author.