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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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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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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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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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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