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You can barely see two kittens at the far left.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2095-copy.jpgIMG_2095 copyThe path runs just outside the courtyard, outside that fence.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2094-copy.jpgIMG_2094 copyThe farmhouse and, to the left, the connected outbuildings they've made into B&B rooms.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2090-copy.jpgIMG_2090 copy2019-06-28T06:18:44+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2019/06/26/the-element-of-surprise/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5118-copy-1.jpgIMG_5118 copyhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_0305-copy-1.jpgIMG_0305 copyKaren and I on the last descent, captured by our leader Tracy looking back.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5133-copy-1.jpgIMG_5133 copyThe hard hills ahead; we'll be at the right edge of all of those.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5133-copy-e1561525319834.jpgIMG_5133 copyThe wall is going to follow the high edge of those hills up ahead.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5151-copy.jpgIMG_5151 copyhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5149-copy.jpgIMG_5149 copyThe view looking back at our final death-defying descent.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5148-copy.jpgIMG_5148 copyOne of the hills, with a milecastlehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_5147-copy.jpgIMG_5147 copySurprise! 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copy2019-06-26T05:43:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2019/06/22/before-the-beginning/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2078-2.jpgIMG_2078https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_8964-1.jpgIMG_8964https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_6147.jpgIMG_6147https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_6135.jpgIMG_6135https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_6148.jpgIMG_6148https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_8964.jpgIMG_8964https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_6136.jpgIMG_6136https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2078-1.jpgIMG_2078https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_2078.jpgIMG_2078https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/img_6151.jpgIMG_61512019-06-22T22:56:29+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/17/day-fourteen-morchard-bishop-to-knowstone-stray-thoughts/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4889.jpgIMG_4889And just as I left the greenway and was out in the open, the rain and hail stopped.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4888.jpgIMG_4888A lot of hail amidst cold rain.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4887.jpgIMG_4887That's hail.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4882.jpgIMG_4882https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4877.jpgIMG_4877https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4876.jpgIMG_4876https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4875.jpgIMG_4875https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4874.jpgIMG_4874https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4873.jpgIMG_4873https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4872.jpgIMG_48722017-09-20T12:50:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/20/day-sixteen-withypool-to-lynmouth-the-last-mile-problem/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4988.jpgIMG_4988https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4987.jpgIMG_4987https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4986.jpgIMG_4986https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4983.jpgIMG_4983https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4982.jpgIMG_4982https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4980.jpgIMG_4980https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4978.jpgIMG_4978https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4975.jpgIMG_4975https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4972.jpgIMG_4972https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4966.jpgIMG_49662017-09-21T21:54:56+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/18/day-fifteen-knowstone-to-withypool-walk-it-off/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4933.jpgIMG_4933https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4931.jpgIMG_4931https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4926.jpgIMG_4926https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4924.jpgIMG_4924https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4921.jpgIMG_4921https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4917.jpgIMG_4917https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4915.jpgIMG_4915https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4914.jpgIMG_4914https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4910.jpgIMG_4910https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4908.jpgIMG_49082017-09-19T21:16:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/16/day-thirteen-drewsteignton-to-morchard-road-walking-as-meditation/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_48121.jpgIMG_4812https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_48361.jpgIMG_4836https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4837.jpgIMG_4837https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4836.jpgIMG_4836https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4835.jpgIMG_4835https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4834.jpgIMG_4834https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4833.jpgIMG_4833https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4830.jpgIMG_4830https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4827.jpgIMG_4827https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4823.jpgIMG_48232017-09-16T23:01:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/14/day-eleven-scoriton-to-widecombe-an-honorary-old-git/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4755.jpgIMG_4755https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4753.jpgIMG_4753https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4752.jpgIMG_4752https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4748.jpgIMG_4748https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4745.jpgIMG_4745https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4743.jpgIMG_4743https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4742.jpgIMG_4742A bit muddy, but pleasant enough. https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4735.jpgIMG_4735I love the macro feature on my camera. These blooms are about a quarter inch long.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4729.jpgIMG_4729https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4728.jpgIMG_47282017-09-16T04:55:10+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/16/day-twelve-widecombe-in-the-moor-to-drewsteignton-the-varieties-of-walking-experience/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4808.jpgIMG_4808https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4771.jpgIMG_4771https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4785.jpgIMG_4785There they are, just before the hour of steady rain started.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4783.jpgIMG_4783My yellow beacon boys are down on that road.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4778.jpgIMG_4778https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4811.jpgIMG_4811Drewsteignton, up close.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4810.jpgIMG_4810Drewsteignton from afar.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4809.jpgIMG_4809https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4806.jpgIMG_4806https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4802.jpgIMG_4802On a wooded section of trail, people left coins pounded into the side of this stump, or left things on top. No idea why.2017-09-16T11:38:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/12/day-eight-falmouth-to-plymouth-i-rode-a-coach-and-it-rained/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1337.jpgIMG_1337https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1334.jpgIMG_1334https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1329.jpgIMG_13292017-09-13T06:31:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/12/day-nine-wembury-to-ivybridge-a-whole-new-world/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4643.jpgIMG_464315 miles done (well, 16 with detours), 102 to go.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4638.jpgIMG_4638A bit less easy path.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4636.jpgIMG_4636Easy path.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4635.jpgIMG_4635https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4633.jpgIMG_4633https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4632.jpgIMG_4632https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4630.jpgIMG_4630https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4621.jpgIMG_4621https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4615.jpgIMG_4615The long views are great.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4605.jpgIMG_4605The gently rolling countryside.2017-09-13T06:29:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/13/day-ten-ivybridge-to-scoriton-time-is-an-illusion-lunchtime-doubly-so/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_1359-copy.jpgIMG_1359 copyhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/21740099_10211535051066847_7754578675966440509_n.jpg21740099_10211535051066847_7754578675966440509_n2017-09-13T18:36:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/09/day-six-the-lizard-to-porthallow-the-slip-and-slide/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0249.jpgIMG_0249https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0244.jpgIMG_0244https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0240.jpgIMG_0240https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0238.jpgIMG_0238https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0233.jpgIMG_0233https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0224.jpgIMG_0224https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0218.jpgIMG_0218https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0215.jpgIMG_0215https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0214.jpgIMG_0214https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0213.jpgIMG_02132017-09-10T19:50:50+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/10/day-seven-porthallow-to-falmouth-timing-is-everything/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4597.jpgIMG_4597https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4589.jpgIMG_4589https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4584.jpgIMG_4584https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0308.jpgIMG_0308https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0294.jpgIMG_0294https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0290.jpgIMG_0290https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0289.jpgIMG_0289https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0286.jpgIMG_0286Now that's a ferryman. A hungover one, but very capable.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0284.jpgIMG_0284This boat ride is sucha blast!https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0283.jpgIMG_0283The pier plunges down into the water to account for the big variation in tides.2017-09-14T15:22:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/08/day-five-porthleven-to-the-lizard-forward-ramble/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4560.jpgIMG_4560https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4583.jpgIMG_4583https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4581.jpgIMG_4581https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4577.jpgIMG_4577https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4576.jpgIMG_4576https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4575.jpgIMG_4575https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4571.jpgIMG_4571https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4567.jpgIMG_4567https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4563.jpgIMG_4563https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0178-2.jpgIMG_0178 22017-09-08T13:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/07/day-four-penzance-to-porthleven-the-pirates-of-porthleven/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_0112.jpgIMG_01122017-09-08T04:42:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/06/day-three-porthcurno-to-penzance-curse-you-lamorna-cove/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4549.jpgIMG_4549https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4547.jpgIMG_4547Sea kayakers in Lamorna Cove have no idea of my impending disaster.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4545.jpgIMG_4545https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4544.jpgIMG_4544https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4543.jpgIMG_4543https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4541.jpgIMG_4541https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4538.jpgIMG_45382017-09-07T05:52:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/06/day-two-pendeen-watch-to-porthcurno-wet-shoes-blues/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4535.jpgIMG_4535https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4533.jpgIMG_4533https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4529.jpgIMG_4529https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4526.jpgIMG_4526https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4522.jpgIMG_4522https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4516.jpgIMG_4516https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4515.jpgIMG_4515https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4512.jpgIMG_4512https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_45101.jpgIMG_4510https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4507.jpgIMG_45072017-09-06T05:56:03+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2017/09/05/day-one-st-ives-to-pendeen-watch-hey-ho-the-wind-and-the-rain/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4500.jpgIMG_4500https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4496.jpgIMG_4496https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/img_4490.jpgIMG_44902017-09-05T12:22:47+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2016/07/24/south-downs-way-day-seven-alfriston-to-eastbourne-the-long-and-winding-road/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4466.jpgIMG_4466https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4465.jpgIMG_4465Wait, what's the Wealdway? Hmm.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4463.jpgIMG_4463Trail's end, or beginning if going west.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4462.jpgIMG_4462https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4460.jpgIMG_4460The pub: We opted to stop in the grass above.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4459.jpgIMG_4459That's a lot more up.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4457.jpgIMG_4457It still seems like a long way, but we're excited.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4454.jpgIMG_4454https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4453.jpgIMG_4453https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4451.jpgIMG_44512017-09-01T12:21:40+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2016/07/23/south-downs-way-day-six-kingston-near-lewes-to-alfriston-back-on-my-feet-again/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4424.jpgIMG_4424https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4420.jpgIMG_4420https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4406.jpgIMG_4406Not all flowers must be taken close-uphttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4402.jpgIMG_4402https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4399.jpgIMG_4399https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4397.jpgIMG_4397https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4387.jpgIMG_4387The varied green that yellow flowers (in that pale green strip in the middle) can make!https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4380.jpgIMG_4380https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4381.jpgIMG_4381https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4382.jpgIMG_43822016-07-24T02:21:11+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2016/07/21/south-downs-way-day-five-upper-beeding-to-kingston-near-lewes-a-busmans-holiday/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0780-copy.jpgIMG_0780 copyClearing for the last five or six miles.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0778-copy.jpgIMG_0778 copyDon't mess with Sussex.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0775-copy.jpgIMG_0775 copyHigh wind on a dew pond, artificial ponds made for sheep.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0774-copy.jpgIMG_0774 copyMaybe the farmer will think I'm a zebra and not part of the his herd, and my escape plan will work!https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0771-copy.jpgIMG_0771 copyFore!https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0765-copy.jpgIMG_0765 copyWhat are you looking at?https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0762-copy.jpgIMG_0762 copyNeat tractor patterns in the fieldshttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0759-copy.jpgIMG_0759 copyCloudy starthttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0684.jpgIMG_0684https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4379.jpgIMG_43792016-07-21T06:18:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2016/07/20/south-downs-way-day-four-amberley-to-upper-beeding-too-darn-hot/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4377.jpgIMG_4377https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4372.jpgIMG_4372https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_4369.jpgIMG_4369https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0754-copy.jpgIMG_0754 copyhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_0756-copy.jpgIMG_0756 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06.26.51https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-05-48-49.jpg2016-07-04 05.48.49https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-04-37-39.jpg2016-07-04 04.37.39https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-03-11-11.jpg2016-07-04 03.11.11https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-02-41-34.jpg2016-07-04 02.41.34https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-02-37-38.jpg2016-07-04 02.37.38https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-05-25-50.jpg2016-07-04 05.25.50https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-02-28-33.jpg2016-07-04 02.28.33https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-01-47-42.jpg2016-07-04 01.47.42https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-04-03-23-57.jpg2016-07-04 03.23.57"diagonally left right"? I split the difference and waited for one of those options to make more sense.2016-07-20T11:46:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2016/07/04/stratford-upon-avon-to-london-day-one-movin-right-along/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_38701.jpgIMG_3870https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3870.jpgIMG_3870https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3862.jpgIMG_3862https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3851.jpgIMG_3851https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3846.jpgIMG_3846https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3835.jpgIMG_3835Modern metal kissing gate--These can be tight with a backpackhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3827.jpgIMG_3827The first waymark (or at least the first I saw)https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3819.jpgIMG_3819Ye Olde Street Performerhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/img_3816.jpgIMG_3816On the river taxi2016-07-20T11:45:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2016/07/02/stratford-upon-avon-to-london-day-zero-in-transit/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/glendalough.jpgglendaloughhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-02-12-37-25.jpg2016-07-02 12.37.25The view of the Avon from my window.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/2016-07-02-12-38-02.jpg2016-07-02 12.38.02Purple Haze 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flowerA better blogger would know what kind of flower that is.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mushrooms.jpgmushroomsEven mushrooms seem fascinating when you're on vacation.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/capability-brown.jpgcapability brownJust a section of the massive Dodington Park, designed by Capability Brown.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pheasant.jpgpheasantI did use the zoom, but she's only about fifteen feet from me.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/berries-better.jpgberries betterThe berries look ripe.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wedding2.jpgwedding2As I leave the churchyard, the bells toll to signal the start of the wedding.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wedding1.jpgwedding1Coming down from behind the church in Old Sodbury, I spy a decorated Bentley.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/riders-approach.jpgriders approachShe's about to ask me to open that gate. My pleasure!https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cyclists.jpgcyclistsIt's steeper than it looks in the photograph.2016-06-30T14:40:21+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/12/day-7-i-have-achieved-bath/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/heart-attack.jpgheart attackThis guy is an inspiration. Heart attack survivor, trail walker.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/walkinggroup2.jpgwalkinggroup2Heart walkershttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/walkinggroup1.jpgwalkinggroup1A group of wmoen hiking together.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/peopleonsunday.jpgpeopleonsundayThe Sunday strolling in Bath. This is one of the less busy parts, honest.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fields.jpgfieldsWide open spaceshttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dyrhamhouse.jpgDyrhamHouseDyrham Househttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/disused-church.jpgdisused churchDisused church at Cold Ashtonhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/citysignage-e1315811511501.jpgcitysignageCity signage is metal. None of that country wood signage here.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/citybackways.jpgcitybackwaysAlleyways and little streets make up a lot of the Bath part.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/billiardsinstiitute.jpgbilliardsinstiituteWhat kind of financial aid program do they have?2016-06-30T14:40:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/13/day-8-in-between-days/2016-06-30T14:40:13+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/14/day-9-the-ridiculous-and-the-sublime/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tinternabbey2.jpgtinternabbey2A sort of reverse shot; I was on those hills half an hour earlier.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tinternabbey.jpgtinternabbeyTintern Abbey from the hills. Wordsworth wrote his poem about standing somewhere in the hills looking down at the abbey.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/onthedyke2.jpgonthedyke2Dyke, with trench on the lefthttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cowsatgate.jpgcowsatgate"Moo shall not pass!"https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/chepstowcastle.jpgchepstowcastleChepstow Castlehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/belowchepstow.jpgbelowchepstowView from the housing estate.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/offasstart.jpgoffasstartThe plaque claims the trail is 168 miles, but that's out of date. 174, if you please.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/shoelacetuck.jpgshoelacetuckYes, they're double-knotted too. Silly, but habit now.2016-06-30T14:40:09+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/15/day-10-proustian-pasties-precious-pigs-and-cider-apples/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/whitecastle.jpgwhitecastleA teaser: this is the end of the dayhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pigwantstosayhi.jpgpigwantstosayhi"I'll be charging a toll for walking near my pen. Two hundred acorns, please."https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/orchardapples.jpgorchardapplesRipeninghttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/orchard.jpgorchardThe path cuts a diagonal throug the orchard.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/monmouthfromthehill.jpgmonmouthfromthehillMonmouth from the gentlemen's retreat.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hillview.jpghillviewStopping at a high point after a lot of climbing through a forest.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cornwalk.jpgcornwalkAt least the path is unambiguous…2016-06-30T14:40:06+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/16/day-11-may-you-rise-to-meet-the-road/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/trigpoint.jpgtrigpointThis is the first Hatterall Ridge trig point, 464 meters above sea levelhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/summit.jpgsummitMe at the 464 meter trig pointhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sheep-for-tracy.jpgsheep for tracyThey'll work out the error of their escape plan in a second: No opposable thumbs to open that gate.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/blackmountainsahead.jpgBlackMountainsAheadI'm going up there. But once you're on top, the path is relatively level.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/roadwork.jpgroadworkI had to squeeze past the big pavement layer in the tight squeeze by the hedge on the right.2016-06-30T14:40:02+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/17/day-12-you-take-the-high-road/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/welshponiesuptop.jpgwelshponiesuptopThey're just pretending not to notice us.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/therestherain.jpgtherestherainWe thought we'd gotten through the day without real rain…https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mistytop.jpgmistytopThe views are dramatic, if you like fog.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lowlandponieskeithscale.jpglowlandponieskeithscaleThese are even smaller than the ones up top, and that's a pretty new colt with it's mom.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/keithandkathy.jpgKeithandKathyKeith and Kathy, as we set off. Is Keith looking up at the hill?2016-06-30T14:39:59+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/18/day-13-please-stand-by/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/underconstruction.jpgunderconstructionNot a stock cat photo: He was napping on the porch of my B&B when I left.2016-06-30T14:39:55+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/19/day-13-1-on-forgetting-to-think-and-the-strange-ways-of-sheep/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rainbowandrain1.jpgrainbowANDrainThe rainbow is faint, but I wasn't stopping to take multiple shots in the rain.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/sheepdownwardfacing.jpgsheepdownwardfacingThe return of downward facing sheephttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/swansinwyeriver1.jpgswansinwyeriverPastoral interludehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/swansinwyeriver.jpgswansinwyeriverPastoral morning on the Wyehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/slitwindowbarns.jpgslitwindowbarnsBarn with slit windowshttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rainbowandrain.jpgrainbowANDrainThe rainbow is pretty faint, but I think you can see it.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wakeuporange.jpgwakeuporangeLeaving Hay, with a wake-up color on this building2016-06-30T14:39:52+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/19/day-14-the-return-to-the-dyke/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lesscleardyke.jpglesscleardykeThat really is the dyke seen sidelong, with the dip in the middle being the trench and the trees growing over part of the tophttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/someeventdownthere.jpgsomeeventdownthereSomething is happening in that patch of light green with little dots in it. Could be cars, could be cows, could be hurdles.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/whoguardsdyke.jpgwhoguardsdykeWho goes there?https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/returntodyke.jpgreturntodykeIt's back.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ravens.jpgravensRavens (?) take to the sky upon my approach.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rabbitafar.jpgrabbitafarHe's probably forty yards away, and he's about to make a run for the hedge.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/redfallcolor.jpgredfallcolorThe season is changing.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/moregolf.jpgmoregolfGet out of the way, or stop in and buy something.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/newsymbol.jpgnewsymbolThe new Offa's Dyke icon. Still seeing the upside down acorn most of the time2016-06-30T14:39:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/19/day-15-the-pause-that-refreshes/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/knighton.jpgknightonKnighton looking up the hill2016-06-30T14:39:45+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/21/day-16-rain-rain-go-away/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wowdyke1.jpgwowdyke1The dyke is under that line of conifers rising up the hill.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wowherding3.jpgwowherding3Yes, that's my only way forward.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wowherding2.jpgwowherding2Yee ha!https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wowherding1.jpgwowherding1Wild horseshttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wowhalfway.jpgwowhalfwayLet's think of it as 88.5 done, not 88.5 still to go.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wowauatumn.jpgwowauatumnStill rainy, but pretty colorshttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rainingagain.jpgrainingagainIt looks pretty, though…https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lowdyke.jpglowdykeHey, it's not always dramatichttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/kerryridgeway.jpgkerryridgewayI've just crossed the Kerry Ridgeway, and am looking northeast.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/ifeldown.jpgifeldownWe all knew eventually you'd get a photo of my ass…2016-06-30T14:39:42+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/22/day-17-a-dogs-breakfast-being-bird-brained-and-a-castle/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/toby.jpgtobyAnd that's Toby, who can practialy fit Mouse in his mouth.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/skiesofblue.jpgskiesofblueBlue skies, flat walking, a nice changehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/powispopular.jpgpowispopularThe car park at Powis Castlehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/powispeacock.jpgpowispeacock"No photos, please. I'm on my break."https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/powiscourtyard.jpgpowiscourtyardPowis Castle courtyardhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/powiscastle.jpgpowiscastlePowis Castle, seen from the rising, winding road to the entrancehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/mouse.jpgmouseThat's Mouse, whose head is about the size of my fisthttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/flatland.jpgflatlandBlue skies, flat walking, a nice changehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/canal.jpgcanalPastoral scene, eh?https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/birdsroad.jpgbirdsroadWild birds of the road2016-06-30T14:39:38+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/23/day-18-please-stand-by/2016-06-30T14:39:35+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/24/day-18-1-on-the-little-things-and-the-big-things/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/whatisit.jpgwhatisitThe power lines overhead had these weird little plastic discs. What are those for?https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/verticalgarden.jpgverticalgardenAnd then there was another valley and another hillside, where the gardeners deal with the hill pragmatically; add steppes in the garden.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/twistedbench.jpgtwistedbenchA cool bench witha twist by the canal.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/penyfoel2.jpgpenyfoel2The name of that rocky hill is Pen y Foel, which I believe translates as "hill up which only a complete idiot would want to walk, there's a road around it you fool." [loose translation]https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/penyfoel1.jpgpenyfoel1At last, some verticality! Um, uh oh. A climb after 12 miles of flat walking.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/lowdyke1.jpglowdykeIt was like this for miles and miles. But often I was on the dyke, making flee and do what sheep do.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/longcanal.jpglongcanalThe day started with and was punctuated with canalside and riverside walking2016-06-30T14:39:31+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/24/day-19-an-unprepared-walker-an-unstoppable-talker-an-ungrateful-wretch-and-me/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/gooddyke.jpggooddykeThis is the last day when the Offa's Dyke Way stays with the dyke.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dinasbranllangollen.jpgdinasbranllangollenDinas Bran and the town of Llangollen, which is off to the left.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dinasbranandme.jpgdinasbranandmeWhy did I do this instead of the tow path? Oh, yeah, it's amazing.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/dinasbran.jpgdinasbranDinas Bran from the rising path. Yes, I go down to the base and then climb that.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/chirkcastle2.jpgchirkcastle2Topiary hedges at Chirk Castle.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/chirkcastle1.jpgchirkcastle1Chirk Castlehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/chatterbox.jpgchatterboxNot a great photo, but the only one I got, since it seemed rude to ask "May I photograph you?"https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/canalboats.jpgcanalboatsI love the flowers atop this tour boat.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/averytightfit.jpgaverytightfitIt's really narrow. The road can't be seven feet across.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/aqueduct2.jpgaqueduct2On the aqueduct2016-06-30T14:39:27+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/24/day-19-1-weird-word-origin-footnote/2016-06-30T14:39:24+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/25/day-20-the-offas-dyke-variety-sampler/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cyclistsatforest.jpgcyclistsatforestThese guys passed me on the moor trail, but were taking a break at the forest preserve entrance, where we exchanged a second round of hellos.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/trevorrocks2.jpgtrevorrocks2Why yes, I am on a path about a foot wide that hugs the edge. And yes, I'm going around both of those up ahead.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/trevorrocks1.jpgtrevorrocks1Road walk around hte southwestern edge of the huge rocky mountainhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/restofclwydrange.jpgrestofclwydrangeAll those hills on the right? I'll be going up and down their sides all day Sunday.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/passingdinasbran.jpgpassingdinasbranI'm passing around Dinas Bran to get back to the path.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/motorcylce.jpgmotorcylceI didn't photograph the cyclist, but here's the motorcycle.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/motoatv.jpgmotoatv…and the guy on an ATVhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/moorwalk.jpgmoorwalkPlank bridges and a forest preservehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/moelyplas.jpgmoelyplasWhy yes I am going up to that dip in the middle.2016-06-30T14:39:20+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/26/day-21-the-drumbeat-of-completion/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/balladeosoldate.pngBalladeOSoldatehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/fallenjubileetower.jpgfallenjubileetowerThe base is probably 25 feet across. It must have been a stunner when the whole tower rose over a hundred feet.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/crowdedpath.jpgcrowdedpathA family out for a Sunday walk up to the Jubilee Tower.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/closingin.jpgclosinginSo close…if you're in a car. On foot, that's a ways to go yet.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/arthurcanhaveit-e1317016531314.jpgarthurcanhaveitThese walkers don't look like they want to ascend Moel Arthur either.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/andmoredown.jpgandmoredownI spent much of the last two hours trailing this gent down the hills.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/aheadtheirishsea.jpgaheadtheIrishseaYou can barely make it out, but that's the sea, and there are giant white offshore windmills in it.2016-06-30T14:39:17+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/26/day-22-dechrau-a-diwedd-beginning-and-end/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/rollingcountryroads.jpgrollingcountryroadsVery pretty start to the day…https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/highway.jpghighwayCrossing over the highway.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hellohorse.jpghellohorseHe's going to follow me all the way down that fence line to his pal (out of shot) and they'll insist I stop and say hello.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/endpoint3-e1317046706920.jpgendpoint3The sculpture is called Dechrau a Diwedd, Welsh for "Beginning and End."https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/endpoint2-e1317049494861.jpgendpoint2177 miles? 182 miles? Eh, who's counting? Um, me?https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/endpoint1-e1317049293666.jpgendpoint1This way marker only has an arrow in one direction: toward me.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/closerstill.jpgcloserstillSeriously, I have been walking for another forty minutes. I have to be making some progress!https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/closer.jpgcloserHmm, I know I've been walking toward it for another hour…https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/close.jpgcloseThat's not so far. Only 11 miles today.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/arrived.jpgarrivedHey, look, a town that has more than one hardware store!2016-06-30T14:39:12+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/10/day-5-of-honey-golf-and-horses/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tyndale-monument.jpgtyndale monumentThank you, Mr. Tyndale, for whatever your contribution to history.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/more-woods-e1315634877253.jpgmore woodsWoodland path on a hillside.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/horse.jpghorseThese ponies are really curious.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/golfers.jpggolfers"It's a par three, but you subtract a stroke if you hit Cotswold Way walker…"https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cam-long-down-3.jpgcam long down 3Cam Long Down from the base. Oh dear.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cam-long-down-2-e1315635100321.jpgCam Long Down 2Cam Long Down, seen from the approach. Seems more like Long Up to me.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/cam-long-down-1.jpgCam Long Down 1That's Cam Long Down in the center. Doesn't look so bad…2011-09-16T16:15:37+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/08/day-4-notes-from-the-road/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/wood-walking.jpgwood walkinghttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/tricky-latch.jpgtricky latchThis latch is a bit tricky- pull up a knob on either side of the gate to release the pinhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/stile-stone.jpgstile stoneA stone stile with a doggie door to the lefthttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pull-latch.jpgpull latchA classic modern pull latch- easier than the old system. Used on bridle ways, so riders can reach it.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/pinch-gate.jpgpinch gateA pinch gatehttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/kissing-gate-2.jpgkissing gate 2A kissing gate- you have to fit in the point of the V to get throughhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/golf-course.jpggolf courseGolf course I just walked across2014-01-20T09:23:57+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/05/put-on-a-happy-face%e2%80%a6-getting-there/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/shirt.jpgshirthttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/paddingtonarches-e1315238690474.jpgPaddingtonArches2Killing time at Paddington doing art photography2011-09-16T16:13:23+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/08/29/counting-down-the-days-counting-up-the-miles/2011-09-16T16:12:04+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/08/25/beginning-before-the-beginning/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/img_0438-copy.jpgIMG_0438 copy"Where am I going exactly?"2011-09-16T16:11:00+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/08/day-3-i-am-a-happy-wanderer/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/me-on-hill.jpgme on hillI'm just amazed I got the auto-timer to work.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/hill-fort-looking-back.jpghill fort looking backThe archaeological dig seen looking back from the next hill. It's the whole top of the hill.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/highway-looking-back.jpghighway looking backI'm looking back down the hill at the highway in disgust. Off the road again, please.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/golfcoursecleeve.jpggolfcourseCleeveIt's a par four, but you add a stroke if you hit a sheep.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/flowers.jpgflowersI'm getting pretty good at this.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/devilschimney.jpgdevilschimneyDevil's Chimneyhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/betweenrockandsheep.jpgbetweenrockandsheepBetween rock walls and a sheep field.2011-09-19T05:29:14+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/06/day-2-rainy-days-and-tuesdays/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/orchards.jpgorchardsApple orchardshttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/highfields.jpghighfieldsHigh fieldshttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/belasknap.jpgbelasknapBelas Knap, false entrance (ooh, like a pyramid)https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/berries.jpgberriesArt photography school dropouthttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/overcast.jpgovercastOvercast with a vague promise…2011-09-16T16:09:16+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/05/day-1-euphoria-hills-and-the-blue-flash/https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/start.jpgstartBegin at the beginning.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/goingup.jpggoingupGoing up.https://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/chippingcampden.jpgChippingCampdenChipping Campdenhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/broadwaytower.jpgbroadwaytowerBroadway Towerhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/broadway.jpgbroadwayBroadwayhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/beauty.jpgbeautyPastoral beautyhttps://ramblinghank.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/badsheep.jpgbadsheepCheck out the body art on this lady.2011-09-16T16:07:48+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.com/2011/09/02/faqs-page/2011-09-02T21:53:28+00:00monthlyhttps://ramblinghank.comdaily1.02025-06-15T18:34:32+00:00