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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Folly Wood and The Headless Horseman
An episode of mystery, intrigue and colourful characters. After all it wouldn’t be Hidden Wiltshire without at least one of these elements and we have all three!
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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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Selling prints and another lockdown
I received an email from someone a few weeks ago asking if it was possible to buy a print of a photograph I had taken of a house that he had had recently bought. A friend of his had seen my photograph. I couldn’t think which image he was referring to and eventually I realised that it was on my Instagram feed. He also asked if he could see more examples of photographs I had taken in the west of England. At this point I realised that I had to knuckle down to a job I’ve been putting off since I built this website.
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