Ridgeway - Day 3 - White Horse Hill to Bury Road (nr West Ilsley)

Day 3 of my Ridgeway walk.

Only two detours today - the Devil's Punchbowl, (the third I've now visited out of the five (?) in the country), and Segsbury Camp - another Iron Age hill fort.

My route, as recorded by ViewRanger

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Ready for the off !

Still trying to get a good image of that horse !

Back to the Ridgeway - the path is wide and solid here.

My first glimpse of Didcot through the haze in the far distance

A rare long distance view to the south

Nearly three miles into the walk already

I am now here !

The way ahead

But before that - a detour through Rapeseed flowers to the Devil's Punchbowl

Panorama of the Devil's Punchbowl.  The sides were much steeper than this image portrays

Back to the Ridgeway, which stretches into the distance

Didcot becomes clearer

Occasionally, the view open's up like this ...

... but often your view is of neighbouring trees and hedges

This looks like a good spot for lunch

Panoramic view from the seat

Another memorial

Ring ditch and embankment of Segsbury Camp

View of Didcot from Segsbury Camp embankment

Cowslips at Segsbury Camp

Buttercups at Segsbury Camp

Here, the chalk of the Ridgeway path is so smooth, white and hard it's almost blinding

This guy followed me all day

Oh ! A new map !

Didcot gets clearer and larger (Zoomed view)

Just four and a bit miles to go

The width and depth of the views (nearly always northwards) were amazing

I've now traveled to here.

Lord Wantage's Monument

Some detail on Lord Wantage's Monument

The Ridgeway is now a multi-lane highway !

The path gets wider and wider

Just 1 1/2 miles to go.

A hare

Our first clear view of Harwell Research

The wide stretch of grass to the left isn't the Ridgeway, but is a horse racing gallop

The car park is in the far distance

We're in West Berkshire now

And that's it for the day !

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