“Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll.” -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Midnight Mass for the Dying Year, 1839




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  1. Love those darkly looming clouds! Beautiful fields...are these called moors?

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    1. Not quite the moors. This is Icknield Way which claims to be one of the oldest roads in Britain and runs about 170 miles, close to where I live now. I am used to walking on 'the moors' close to where I am originally from in Yorkshire/ Derbyshire. If you have seen any adaptation of Jane Eyre those are the moors I grew up close to...

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  2. I love these old greenways. I return to the Ridgeway whenever I can - in fact we've just come back from a walk along it. I have always planned to walk the Icknield Way , but never managed it yet. The gathering storm adds to that ancient feel.

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