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House in Yatesbury, close to Avebury

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tjj Dec 17, 2012 19:48:36
Replying to thesweetcheat

thesweetcheat wrote:
Was in Yatesbury on Saturday (en-route between Broad Hinton and Avebury), it's a lovely little village. Good luck with the advert Steve.
Thanks for that tsc, not sure if Steve comes on here very often but can't hurt to flag it up.
Your walk sounds great, Yatesbury is a bit out of the way from Broad Hinton but am certain the fields around the Winterbourne must have been flooded. I did a 'bus' walk about a month ago with my local Ramblers group - the leader took us via Broadtown and Cliffe Pypard. We encountered mud, mud and more mud - not to mention a dead sheep and electric fences across footpaths. Started just after 10.30am and limped into Avebury at 4.00pm having waded through water ankle deep to get across the last but one stile. Avebury never looked more peaceful and welcoming (just to finish the afternoon off nicely I almost got locked in the toilets). It was a wonderful walk overall though.

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 17, 2012 20:11:01
Replying to tjj

Sounds, erm, idyllic!

Saturday was good, using the 49 as you'd expect. I wanted to finally get to Winterbourne Bassett (though hardly worth the effort) and it's almost exactly four years since I last went up onto Windmill Hill, so a revisit was overdue. The sun shone all the way, until halfway round the SW quadrant. By the time I got to the Cove it was chucking it down!

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary Dec 17, 2012 21:48:30
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
thesweetcheat wrote:
Was in Yatesbury on Saturday (en-route between Broad Hinton and Avebury), it's a lovely little village. Good luck with the advert Steve.
Thanks for that tsc, not sure if Steve comes on here very often but can't hurt to flag it up.
Your walk sounds great, Yatesbury is a bit out of the way from Broad Hinton but am certain the fields around the Winterbourne must have been flooded. I did a 'bus' walk about a month ago with my local Ramblers group - the leader took us via Broadtown and Cliffe Pypard. We encountered mud, mud and more mud - not to mention a dead sheep and electric fences across footpaths. Started just after 10.30am and limped into Avebury at 4.00pm having waded through water ankle deep to get across the last but one stile. Avebury never looked more peaceful and welcoming (just to finish the afternoon off nicely I almost got locked in the toilets). It was a wonderful walk overall though.
How's Steve's Avebury book coming along June, does he mention it?

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