I’ve long wanted to do a walk in this area as it’s somewhere I used to cycle a lot. Our bike club would often ride up the long climb through Gare Hill and a hush would descend on the group, not just because we were struggling for breath, but because it always felt slightly eerie – there never seemed to be any birdsong. The countryside here is quite different to much of the rest of Wiltshire. No big open skies but deep valleys and forest.

But the real jewel at Littlecote is the extraordinary mosaic. It was extensively and carefully restored at great cost and covered by a roof to protect it from the worst of the weather. For me though, the wonderful thing is that this important scheduled monument is open to all and at no cost. Isn’t this how it should be for many more of our ancient monuments?

A walk around the new bridleway in the beautiful landscape that surrounds the villages of Pitton and Firsdown.

The first leg of this walk takes in the canal towpath and then turns north to return to Wootton Rivers via the Savernake Forest, somewhere I have long intended to explore but somehow never have. As ever my route took in a church.

Artists old and new are associated with the area around the settlements of East, West and Middle Winterslow. It has been their inspiration and now on a recent visit I can see why.

The glory of the Plain is that in areas that are not red flagged the walker is free to roam anywhere other than woodland

You would be surprised at the many hidden things to explore in the environs of Old Sarum.

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

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

A spooky revisit to the woods of Vernditch Chase and the continued search for Kitt's Grave.

In the footsteps of the Romans east of Malmesbury, Wiltshire

Inspired by Elaine Perkins’ post of 2 February in the Hidden Wiltshire Facebook Group about Newton Tony and the Winterbourne Downs RSPB...