A chilly, but bright, pilgrimage to Cranborne Chase. Having paid my respects to The General in Tollard Royal, fine views (and frost-bitten ears) walking to Win Green and back. My reward: tea, cake and books in Shaftesbury 🫖🍰📚
#pittrivers #cranbornechase #Shaftesbury @foldedorset.bsky.social

Day 3 of #30dayswild started with torrential rain and ended with a walk through fields of gold on Cranborne Chase.

#cranbornechase #chaseandchalk #walk #dorset #countryside #summer 30dayswild

Day 51 of my #walk2025miles challenge supporting
@trusselluk.bsky.social a 13 mile circuit last Thursday from Sixpenny Handley to Tollard Royal #bootsonmiles #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Earthworks at Winklebury hillfort, Cranborne Chase.
📸 - By Me
May 2023

#Wiltshire #HillfortWednesday #CranborneChase

Day 45 of my #walk2025miles challenge supporting @trusselluk.bsky.social a 14 mile circuit today from Martin Down to Cranborne #bootsonmiles #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Heading towards Cranborne today #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

#FingerpostFriday heading towards Pentridge today #cranbornechase #cranbornechasewalks

#BenchmarkMonday and #MilestoneMonday double, a cut benchmark on a milestone at Tidpit Common Down #cranbornechase #cranbornechasewalks #benchmark #milestone

#StilesOnSunday an the Ackling Dyke #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Day 38 of my #walk2025miles challenge supporting
@trusselluk.bsky.social a 13 mile walk yesterday on Cranborne Chase from Broad Chalke #bootsonmiles #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Walking towards Bowerchalke yesterday #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

#PostboxSaturday George V postbox in Woodminton #postbox #cranbornechase #wiltshirewalks #cranbornechasewalks

#FingerpostFriday in Woodcutts #cranbornechase #cranbornechasewalks #dorsetwalks #fingerpost

Heading towards Sixpenny Handley today #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Walking on Gussage Hill today #cranbornechase #cranbornechasewalks

Walking in Chase Woods today #cranbornechase #cranbornechasewalks

Day 37 of my #walk2025miles challenge supporting @trusselluk.bsky.social a 14 mile walk on Cranborne Chase from Sixpenny Handley today #bootsonmiles #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Day 35 of my #walk2025miles challenge supporting @trusselluk.bsky.social an 8 walk on Cranborne Chase from Broad Chalke today #bootsonmiles #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Heading towards Broad Chalke today #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Walking on Cranborne Chase today #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Crossing the River Ebble today #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

Walking in Chase Woods yesterday #cranbornechase #cranbornechasewalks

Day 34 of my #walk2025miles challenge supporting
@trusselluk.bsky.social a 15 walk on Cranborne Chase from Sixpenny Handley yesterday #bootsonmiles #cranbornechasewalks #cranbornechase

... of Dorset, Hampshire and Wiltshire largely passed it by. It is an ancient landscape, encompassing Bokerley Dyke, the Ackling Dyke Roman road from Badbury Rings to Old Sarum, Hambledon and Hod Hill hillforts, and barrows galore. A fantastic landscape. End.

#Dorset
#BookSky
#CranborneChase

#StilesOnSunday near Cranborne #cranbornechasewalks #dorsetwalks #stiles #cranbornechase

View north-west from Win Green

Superficially stunning until you start asking where have all the trees and hedges gone?

#WinGreen #CranborneChase #Wiltshire #Dorset #Shaftesbury

#SignsOnSunday spotted near Sutton Mandeville #CranborneChaseWalks #WiltshireWalks #CranborneChase
#Signs

Early start for me! These purple lines are all verified #SlowWays walking routes that have been triple-checked.

I've been wanting to make this connection for a while!

#Sherborne to #Tisbury via #Stalbridge #Marnhull #Shaftesbury and a bit of #CranborneChase.

Let's see how I get on... 🤞🏻