I’ve been meaning to explore the downs to the north of Mere for years. The many folds in the landscape caused by man’s presence over millennia combined with the forces of nature make this an enticing landscape. And on the day we visited, the low autumn sun on a bright clear day just served to highlight the profile of the countless earthworks, ditches and ripples even more.

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...

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

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

A Wiltshire walk from Woodborough to the haunted Honey Street Hanging Stone and to Marden Henge, the largest henge in the British Isles

Sarsen Stones and the Devil’s Den About four years ago I did a walk on Fyfield Down to see the source of the sarsen stones (also known as...