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SALISBURY
- OLD SARUM - BISHOPSDOWN.
20/01/09. 5
miles.
../images & captions by Ron Moore
Brian led this walk to Stretton Sub-Castle, Old Sarum and Bishopsdown
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| We met outside the Boathouse Inn .... | ... and occupied all the pavement. | |
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| Along the river near Waitrose... | ...and across the river by the Leisure Cnetre. | |
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| We continued along the river bank. | On the Portway... | |
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| ...waiting to go through a kissing gate. | A stone with a plaque. | |
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| Approaching Old Sarum. | Through a kissing gate. | |
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| What it once looked like. | We walked around the ramparts.... | |
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| in a circle... | ...until we reached our starting point. | |
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| Where we had coffee and... | ..polite conversation | |
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| An aircraft took off once a minute. | But that didn't stop us... | |
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| ...holding forth! | After the break, we returned via Bishopsdown. | |
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| The last lap took us across the Churchill Way. | Over a bridge that we usually drive under. |