Date: Bank Holiday Monday, 26th September 2013
Route: Amesbury Circular
Distance: 6.5 miles
From Avebury yesterday to Amesbury today - the sun decided to reappear so we decided to take advantage of the sunshine and go for the "Glimpses of Stonehenge" walk from the AA's 1001 Walks in Britain.
Despite the slight dullness of the photos, this was a really good walk - enough hills to get good views but nothing too strenuous, the views of Stonehenge (which of course look rubbish on camera!), a really pleasant section of grassy valley, some equally pleasant shady woodland and multiple crossings of the fast-flowing but pretty tiny (here at least) River Avon. It also passes through the village of Great Durnford, which is packed with so many ridiculously pretty thatched cottages with lavender in the front garden and lilac around the door that you feel a bit self-conscious singling any one out for photography.
There is also a longer Stonehenge walk in the Rough Guide to Walks in London & Surrounding Countryside book, if you have more time, although it would entail getting a bus or taxi back to Salisbury. It's worth bearing in mind that there is no longer any interchange between the A303 and the road at the side of Stonehenge, which looks as though it may well be grassed over in the near future.
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