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2 days ago
A great little walk that starts and finishes at the Red Lion Pub in Avebury. Taking in the famous Stone circle at Avebury the route takes you down the Avenue and up towards the Ridgeway. On the way to the Ridgeway, you pass the Wishing Stone. Following the Ridgeway, you can see part of the top of the
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January 10, 2026
Three Hills, Two White Horses, One Trig, One Monument and a load of Standing Stones
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18.4km
4.8km/h
320m
290m
January 10, 2026
This is a great walk starting in the market town of Devizes and finishing in Avebury. Along the way, you will take in two of Wiltshire's famous white horses, climb three hills, walk an old Roman road and finish at the famous stone circles. Oh there is also a monument and if cheeky a trig. At the Red
Mark went for a hike.
December 29, 2025
This stage 1 of a 93.5 mile (150.5km) walk from Reading to Bath.
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21.4km
4.8km/h
50m
30m
December 30, 2025
This is stage 1 of the Kennet and Avon Canal Walk, although for me, it was the last stage that I walked. The Kennet and Avon Canal Walk is around 150.5 km (93.5 miles) and runs from Reading to Bristol.
Like stage 2, there are a number of pillboxes on this route, part of the GHQ (General Headquarters
December 27, 2025
This is great little walk, with half the walk on roads/paths and the rest through fields. Three villages, three churches and one river. A lovely plaque outside the church in Wilsford, giving the population count of the village for the years 1000 AD = 60, 1500 AD = 120 and 2000 AD = 60 (approx.).
December 23, 2025
This is a lovely walk that runs next to marsh and quarry pits. Even saw my first wild otter, who popped up out of the canal in front of me. The Monkey Lock, is the second of only two turf-sided locks on the canal and dates from the opening of the Kennet Navigation circ. 1720.
December 19, 2025
Splitting stage 2 of the Kennet and Avon Canal walk into two, this is part 2 of stage 2. I took a chance that the weather forecast of 100% rain was wrong. Unfortunately, for a change the forecast was spot on. However, I still really enjoyed this walk. My gear, didn't quite stand up to the task of keeping
2 days ago
This walk was a little derailed by a number of factors. The towpath was too muddy, wet and slippy to pass. Komoot routed me up a road, that at the top of the hill turned into a Private road with no public access. Although a number of footpaths were due to open in December, they were still closed until