Local circuits, Bishopstone

Each time we go to Bishopstone there are some familiar walks ... most lead off the lane in front of the house.

the main route follows this around to the East, past an old farmhouse converted into luxury dwellings .

Normally we cut back over the stream and across some fields, but having plenty of time I continued up the lane, and a path beside it, until we reached the church at Broad Chalke...

Here we took the path back below the main valley road (and a slight detour tot he Poo bin before meeting back up with the usual track.

the evening walk started at the same point but cut west behind the farm buildings, then back over the river and down the road.

On Monday morning when everyone else went for some retail therapy, Bertie and I headed up to the Ox drove trail on the ridge line above the valley to the south. This starts on the same lane as yesterday, but curves around to the south to pick up the trace of a roman road. at the furthest south point this touches the Ox drove route, here we turned north again down "Gary's climb" a steep bridleway down to a winding valley.

Eventually this ends up on a farm track and back into the village at the point where the previous evening's walk came back to the village.

the ridge line from below and above.

Gary's climb and the winding valley, ending up on the farm track.