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Alresford
We set off this morning with messages from our respective husbands to ‘not walk too far, stay in the shade, take water and take it easy’, all because there was a yellow weather warning for heat. Now we’re obviously not used to the heat in the UK and after a few ‘nice’ days the warnings…
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White Hill
Today’s walk was all about the views. We’ve previously done a walk starting at White Hill, just outside Kingsclere, but today we headed the opposite direction, past the gallops and the beautiful Watership Down (inspiration for the novel by Richard Adams). It’s not a book, or film (animation) that I can read or watch without…
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Eversley
We started our walk today in a lane close to St Mary’s Church in Eversley. St Mary’s has been a place of Christian worship for over 900 years and the church dates mainly from the 18th century. There is evidence that it may have been a significant pagan site long before the advent of Christianity.…
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Mottisfont
Following last week’s traumatic walk, we decided to be a bit more civilised and go for a bit of culture this week with a visit to the National Trust property and gardens at Mottisfont, near Romsey. Before I start, I caught a piece on the BBC breakfast show a few days after our Whitchurch walk,…
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Whitchurch
Well, what a day we had today. We intended to venture out to the very pretty village of St Mary Bourne, where there are numerous walks and a little village cafe. Unfortunately the weather was against us so we drove to Laverstoke, where we waited in the car in the hope that the rain would…
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Mattingley
A return trip to Mattingley today, but with a variation on the previous visit to incorporate a longer walk. We started by the church which I think is probably my favourite of the all the village churches we’ve visited so far. The outside is so unusual and I just love the look of the herringbone…
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Mapledurwell
It was a perfect day for a walk today, a bit overcast so not too hot and it was dry, although we did get a lot of rain last night so our expectations on the mud front were fairly high. We decided on a fairly local walk over to the village of Mapledurwell. The footpath…
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Chilbolton
What a beautiful day we had for our walk this week. The sun was shining and it was even quite warm. A bit too warm for how we were dressed as we were obviously erring on the side of caution, but definitely an improvement on previous wet, cold and windy walks. We headed to Chilbolton,…
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Weston Patrick
About a month or so ago we attempted a walk around Weston Patrick, but had to drive elsewhere because we couldn’t find anywhere to park. When I got home I was reminded that there was a little layby just outside the village. So today was Weston Patrick take two! From the layby we took the…
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Tickley
Tucked away just off the A339, not far from Lasham airfield, is a lovely area of open space and woodland owned by the Woodland Trust, complete with two car parks. Last week’s weather was quite mild. Yesterday it was lovely and warm (I had washing on the line and even cut the grass). Today was…