Walking the county towns

WINCHESTER

•  07/06/2023 07:09 PM

Winchester was the capital of Saxon and Norman Kings. The building of the Cathedral was begun in 1093. St Swithin’s Shrine inside formed an important centre for pilgrims on the way to Beckets Shrine in Canterbury Henry VII had his first son christened in the Cathedral

Newport to Winchester

•  06/06/2023 06:33 PM

NEWPORT

•  05/06/2023 06:31 PM

Capital of the Isle of Wight, at the head of the River Medina

Dorchester to Newport -Isle of Wight

•  01/06/2023 08:10 PM

DORCHESTER

•  22/05/2023 04:23 PM

The lines of Dorchester's main roads were laid down by the Romans. Maumbury Rings south of the town is the site of Stone Age circle adapted by the Romans as an amphitheatre which could seat 10,000 people

Taunton to Dorchester

•  19/05/2023 04:59 PM

TAUNTON

•  18/05/2023 04:58 PM

Taunton, lies in the vale of Taunton Deane, on the river Tone Taunton's restored Norman castle was a scene of Judge Jeffreys Bloody Assizes after the battle of Sedgemoor

Exeter to Taunton

•  15/05/2023 07:22 PM

EXETER

•  26/04/2023 12:00 AM

Originally settled by the Celtic Dumnonii people 2/300 BC, then the Romans in AD 50. who built walls around the city and bath houses. The magnificent Cathedral completed around 1400, has 2 Norman Towers, 59ft high Bishops Throne and minstrels gallery on the north side of the nave

Truro to Exeter

•  25/04/2023 04:12 PM

Truro

•  24/04/2023 09:14 PM

Truro- Cornwall's cathedral city and administrative centre The cathedral which has three spires, was completed in 1910 and built on the side of the 16th century parish church of St Mary

Lands End to Truro

•  17/04/2023 03:56 PM

TUESDAY 18TH April 2023 Off we go then