Yep, used to ride part of the ridge-way in the Chilterns. I did wonder whether they moaned about how shit it was in the middle of Winter as much as I did.
Course they did. None if it was surfaced then and at least you have a nice warm house to get back to with windows and hot water and clean dry change of clothes. And plenty of doughnuts and coffee to warm you back up.
One of the places I mentioned is called Plas Machen, noticed the name in Ye Olde Font on the map:
https://www.blipfoto.com/entry/2181517770833791192
Happening across used condoms always gets my mind pondering the possibilities of what went on.
Yes, love this so much about where I get to ride/walk. Took my daughter to a local hillfort just the other week, fed her enough history for her to spend the entire hour walk back imagining how she would run a farmstead several thousand years ago. History is magic.
The Local Historic Environment Record will give more info too. Sometimes too much!
https://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/#
If you go to the map view and zoom in, you can see all the historic points of interest, from where digs have taken place, pottery found etc.
Yes.
In the footsteps of Alphonse II on the "primitivo" walk to Compostelle. In fact almost anywhere along the multiple routes we've taken to Compostelle. Locally almost every ride uses a part of the Chemin Henri IV - only the armour is missing as we gallop along the historic route from Pau to Lourdes.
Crossing Pyrenean cols there's often a battle, exodus or epic journey that's been through before. Rafting the rivers one is reminded of the wood rafts made to get wood down from the mountains.
A few pics. Most of this was done walking but I just love to find this stuff. Sometimes its just a lump in a field. Sometimes its much more
Neolithic hut circle
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Chambered cairn
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