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Dedicated followers of Hidden Wiltshire will know that we love a good church

The village of Seend provokes thoughts on the past and musings on the esoteric and other worlds. A place to look for pirates and storks.

A wonderful walk around Pewsey and Pewsey Vale. Taking in waterway views and the history of Alfred the Great.

Remembering the hero Horatio Nelson on a lovely circular walk along the River Avon near Downton.

This is another route right on the extremes of the county. It is mostly in Wiltshire apart from a short section in Somerset.

I teamed up with my regular walking buddy and next door neighbour Stu for this walk. And what a difference a week makes.

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

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

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

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?

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

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.