Tuesday 7 February 2012

Winter walking

We have been very busy walking, trying pack weights (again!!!!) and testing our cold weather layers. January was fairly good for walking so we had a mix of 8km and 15km walks.
The past week has been bitterly cold and with some snow so the  'great log fire' was more attractive. The one advantage of the freezing weather was that the tracks were passable as the mud was frozen.
However this morning we were back on the road again although it is still quite cold.
One of our late January walks gave us some interesting photos:-





The church on the hill top

A sunken ancient trackway




An unusual view of thatch from underneath

Thatched tithe barn

2 comments:

  1. Do you ever wonder how many feet and wheels going by does it take to make a track so deep and mysterious?? Nice pics.

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  2. Like 2000 years worth. Many of the tracks go down to the ancient farmsteads which date back to Celtic times (pre Roman). The good thing is that they are still public 'rights of way'.

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