Audery and I walked quite a long bit of the Ridgeway. We started at the white horse which is calved out on a big hill quite near a road where we were dropped off by friends. We walked up to the white horse which is cut into the hillside revealing white chalk below the grass, I had been staying with friends before Audery had joined me so my rucksack was much fuller than hers and rather heavy. We stayed in pubs along the way and so we decided how far we should walk each day. There were quite a few pre-historic mounds and barrows. It is though nowadays that the sight was not for Defense but more likely for community gatherings. Uffington Hill Fort near where we started from was probably built around 1000BC. It is the oldest fort in the UK. It is about 374 feet in length. I think it was first calved out during the time of King Alfred? Luckily we were walking during the low season for walkers so found it quite easy for somewhere to stay, I think we probably fixed up where to stay before we left. Various exitments happened as we walked along, at one point we were chased by a bucking cart horse. We passed Waylands Smithy but I can’t remember much about it. I don’t think we walked very fast probably because my rucksack was so heavy, but we. Had a lot of fun. A bit more history on long distance walks, the Icknel Way runs parallel to the Ridgeway, the great stones way will complete the ancient Ridgeway route across Wessex and its epi-centres at Avebury and Stonehenge. I have visited Avebury stones and Stonehenge but but the bits in between, so I feel I can claim that I have seen the beginning of the great stones way, walked around Stonehenge and Avebury stone circle. In 2020 at the age of 86 I feel I have done all I can do.