On a whim I decided to walk from Wilton around Burcombe and the aptly named Punch Bowl. This natural landscape is intriguing and beautiful.

If you spend any time with ordnance survey maps you will be familiar with rights of way. The green dashed lines on the map mark walking...

Exploring Wilsford and Normanton Down in the ancient Stonehenge landscape, we contemplate V.S. Naipaul's Enigma of Arrival.

Yes I know it’s Hidden WILTSHIRE, but indulge me for a moment.

My destination was to be the little village of Ham and its beautifully simple church of All Saints.

Just south of Tan Hill in the Vale of Pewsey is a place known as Rybury Camp. It is an ancient earthwork surrounding a flattened plateau...

It is only a couple of months since I last visited this area. That was a cold damp day which soured my mood somewhat

Last year (2023) I went on a journey to a winterbourne what resulted has had a touching effect on my heart and soul

The walk begins and ends in the large village (or is it a small town) of Tisbury

Today we are walking in the hills above the valley in which one of our most beautiful rivers, the Wylye, rises.

Temple Bottom is seemingly the only connection Wiltshire has with the Knights Templar, but is there a link to the last Templar and treasure?

I must confess to being terribly late to write this particular piece. It was over two years ago now that I met Bo Novak, a friend of...

Venturing close to the Somerset border near Stourton we encountered a mysterious, ancient area once part of the legendary Selwood Forest.

This has been a very difficult blog to write. One which I very nearly didn’t write at all.

It’s easy to focus on the more obvious attractions of towns and cities during a visit, especially when they are as beautiful as this

Hidden around Salisbury station is the lost settlement of Fisherton Anger a place of ghosts, witches and monsters.

A visit to All Saints Church in West Lavington, Wiltshire and its remarkable Whistler Window

Malmesbury has an extraordinary history. It is the burial place of Athelstan, the first King of England, and also of St Aldhelm. Given...

A walk around the wild Wiltshire Dorset border that is known as the Shire Rack and a link to one of England's most heinous criminals.

Littleton is a relatively obscure place, which is along the Mid Wilts Way long distance footpath. Today it consists of a couple of farms,...