Steve

Covered 12 miles today on some amazing, easygoing trails.

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22.02.2026 16:54 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Exploring the countryside near Luccombe Springs, Wiltshire.

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22.02.2026 10:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Near Edington in Wiltshire there is a valley called Luccombe Bottom, home to the Blood Stone. According to legend, after the Battle of Edington in 878 AD, King Alfred’s army used this stone to behead captured Danish Vikings.

The photos show the valley and the track leading to the stone.

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21.02.2026 18:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In the early 1970s, I remember watching farm workers pour their hot tea into saucers to cool it down, and then drink from the saucer!

18.02.2026 12:23 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Yesterday’s walk along the Ridgeway near Avebury in Wiltshire took me to the Polisher Stone on Fyfield Down, a Neolithic polissoir used to sharpen axe heads thousands of years ago.

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15.02.2026 12:45 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

One of the many warning signs on Salisbury Plain warning people not to leave the path.

08.02.2026 15:25 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Combe Bottom near Bratton Camp on the northern edge of Salisbury Plain.

07.02.2026 20:55 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0