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Walks & essays
Everything we have published, newest first. Walks are specific to a place; essays are the general background a reader might want before or after one.
Walks
By place-
Oxfordshire walk
The Ridgeway at Wayland’s Smithy: a short walk into deep time
A four-mile stretch of the Ridgeway National Trail to a Neolithic chambered long barrow, with notes on prehistory, weather and where to stop.
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Yorkshire walk
Malham Cove, Gordale Scar and the quiet pull of limestone country
A bright autumn walk across the famous Yorkshire Dales pavement above Malham Cove, with notes on glacial history, meltwater and Ice Age plants.
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Wiltshire walk
Avebury: a slow circle of the world’s largest stone ring
A reflective walk through the largest stone circle in the world and the Neolithic landscape around it, with notes on history, weather and tea stops.
