Sunday February 12th Broad Town walk

    On 12th February, a frosty winter’s morning, 10 members and 2 visitors set off for walk of 6½ miles from Broad Town.  The route took them across snow covered fields with one of Wiltshire’s famous White Horses in view, to climb steeply up through Bincknoll Wood to the Iron Age castle at the top, where a coffee break was taken.  Walking across fields to Weir Farm the group entered the pretty village of Broad Hinton.  After having lunch and looking around the church of St Peter ad Vincula, (“St Peter in Chains – one of the very few churches called by this name, the most famous is the Chapel Royal in the Tower of London.) The path behind the church took them to Vize Lane and, taking a right turn off this path, they returned across fields to Broad Town.

     




    Path below the White Horse at Broad Town Hill


    View of the White Horse at Broad Town Hill


    Woodland path up to the ridge above Broad Town


    View from the ridge back down to the plain


    Open path from Bincknoll to Broad Hinton


    Bird footprints in the snow


    Frozen Slurry Pit


    Walking through Broad Hinton


    Path out of Broad Hinton