A route more or less that I had done before but not included amongst these blogs. Starting with meeting at White Horse Hill Car Park. Due to Covid rates being very high in London Alex and Pete had decided not to swop between homes over Christmas so this was a meet up.
Not just with Pete however but also his parents and two small nieces. Luckily with proper carrying packs.
So diagonally across the field and up towards the white horse. The wind is blowing quite hard and it’s a bit slippery underfoot. Both girls seem to be coping. So we cross the top of the hill to walk part of the way around the embankments of the hill fort- even more strong wind. We exit at one of the ‘gateways’ and double back to get on to the Ridgeway.
At this point the path is almost sunken into a bit of a hollow and it gives us a bit of a respite. The decision has been made to walk to Waylands Smithy – not sure if anyone realised how far it was – not a great distance but not just round the corner.
Too busy chatting to take any photos but we did stop to watch a deer chasing round a field creating a strange route – they change direction very quickly.
Waylands Smithy is as magical as ever and we all walk around this burial ground which is quite possibly 5,500 years old. Pete is feeling a little tired from his carrying so Alex takes a turn!
Back the way we had come along the Ridgeway and instead of returning to the hill fort we cut back down the road to the car park. About 6 kilometres today but once we were out of the wind it was a good stretch and good to catch up with Pete and his family.
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