Ridgeway walking back to Avesbury

After another foggy start the day turned to
a glorious blue, and I was out to walk a little further along
the Ridgeway path. From the downs above Devizes I had
walked (unblogged on) along the ridge as far as two radio
masts on Morgan's Hill. For todays expedition I aimed to walk
from that point onwards to Avebury.

On this walk I feel am well and truly back to native soil...
chalkland, with its white fields

...gorse blooms, sky larks

and white horses.
http://wiltshirewhitehorses.org.uk/cherhill.html



Following a Roman road from Morgan's Hill with

sporadic clusters of trees amid otherwise decidedly

spartan fields I reached the monument on Cherhill

Down for a lunch break.

Views around about of the crinkled hills

and dry valleys were echoed (unintentionally)

by the ditches and ramparts of Oldbury

"castle" (hill fort)

Lunch over I continued onwards and (through some

bad map-reading) became quite disorientated as the Morgan's

Hill masts came back in sight. Once Iworked out what had happened

I made my way onwards to Avesbury. After 12 miles I was in need

of refreshment.....and an escaped route back to the car.

Firstly I tucked into a welcome meal at the Red Lion pub

before taking time to enjoy taking a few photos

of the standing stones now bathed in an early

evening sunlight.

By 6pm I was awaiting my saviour....the Wigglybus,

which took me back to Cherhill where I walked the

last half mile or so of the day on a sometimes

VERY muddy bridlepath, passing nervous deer

(muntjac)....

Another walk, another day,over.