リッチフィールドアンドウッドコットでの 周辺の簡単なハイキングとウォーキング

Start point has free parking. It's possible to sleep over night if you're in a sleeper. It is close to main road though, so noise doesn't really die down.

How fitting that he was buried in a tomb. George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (1866-1923), was the noted Egyptologist and financial backer of archaeologist Howard Carter who discovered the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings in 1922. The treasures discovered in the boy king’s burial chambers dazzled the world and continue to do so. Tutankhamun’s burial chamber was the first Pharaoh’s tomb in centuries to be discovered intact though outer chambers had been pillaged by grave robbers.

Atop of Beacon Hill Ironage fort. It's quite the trek up, it's that high up there is a sign halfway up saying hang gliding is not permitted!!!

As a child the tale of Watership down haunted me, the movie traumatised me, to finally be able to visit where Richard Adams based it on was amazing. Such a beautiful area, I rewatched the film a day before coming. I'd not seen it since I was a child. Still a harrowing tale, but can see the genius and beauty of what was hidden in it.

This is a long climb about 1.25 miles but take it steady and enjoy the view at the top.

View of Highclere Caste!

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This is a beautiful section of walking high up on a ridge of chalk hills overlooking the rolling green landscapes of the North Wessex Downs Area of Natural Beauty.

White Hill offers a beautiful view of Cannon Heath Down, the Gallops and The Warren. This is a great place to spot birds, including linnets, yellowhammers, skylarks, buzzards and kestrels.