Mostly hilly walking today, about 10 miles with Swindon and Didcot both visible amid the panoramic views that accompanied most of our walking today.
We passed the historic Waylands Smithy quite early in the day:
A high spot, both physically and in terms of morale, was Uffington Castle, a hill fort from which we could see to distant horizons in every direction.
Comfortable accommodation at Quince Cottage in the very well-to-do village of Letcombe Regis, and a memorable evening in the Greyhound pub, where we ate excellent fish and chips, and competed in their monthly quiz. Mostly teams of 6 or 7 (packed with ex-dons the landlord told us), we entered as a team of 2 (the Ridgeway Boys). Would love to blog that we won, but we certainly held our own, coming third in a couple of rounds (out of 8), and our results were cheered by the teams around us, after every round!
A very friendly pub then, with the landlord (Paul) buying us malt whiskies before we left.
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