11 September 2026
A Royal Palace, Cathedral and Forts
Almost a year ago Wiltshire Council opened a permissive bridleway connecting Pitton to Firsdown. An added bonus is that midway along it links to a…
South West
25 July 2025
Old Shaftesbury Drove and Gallows Hill
This walk is a shorter variation of a walk I have done from the Old Shaftesbury Drove to Berwick St John. I start from a…
25 July 2025
Old Shaftesbury Drove to Berwick St John
Last year I started providing guided walks, details of which can be found on my associated Walking Moonraker website. I am always looking for new…
9 July 2025
Purbeck Dinosaur Footprints
It is very unusual for me to be on a walk when someone else is leading, but today I am walking with a group of…
6 July 2025
Purbeck Heaths National Nature Reserve
Back in 2014 when I first started writing about our travels and walks I described a route we took on Godlingston Heath, it was a…
30 June 2025
Swallowcliffe and Sutton Down
Over recent years I have walked extensively on Cranborne Chase. It is a wonderful landscape to trek around, with far reaching views from the ridges…
21 April 2025
Great Bustards on the Ranges
Last year whilst staying at Charlton St Peter I did an interesting walk on the Larkhill and West Down Ministry of Defence ranges on Salisbury…
4 April 2025
A Circuit to Ramsbury
With the weather set fair for the week and nothing pressing in the diary Lynnie suggests I head off for a week’s walking. I am…
15 January 2025
Oare and Wootton Rivers
In a few days time I will be leading a guided walk in the Pewsey Vale so today I will pre walk the route to…
28 November 2024
Martinsell Hill and Milton Lilbourne
There are some spots in Wiltshire with stunning views that are always worth a return visit. Usually because they offer rolling expansive vistas across the…