It was a day like this one that inspired the birth of this travel blog and thus my first entry for Tuckedawaytravel. And this kind of day was proof positive to me that walking down that little alley or pulling off to the side of the road to park on that lay-by is completely worth it. This is exactly what…
West Kennet Long Barrow & Silbury Hill, Wiltshire
One of Wiltshire’s most beautiful ancient walks is the West Kennet Long Barrow. There is something wonderful about golden fields set against blue skies dotted with stretched cotton-like clouds that makes me go a wee bit weak in the knees. The memorising views are peppered by grasses gleaming and waving in the wind. If you are like me, you will…
Nunney Castle
I have loved castles for as long as I can remember. To borrow from L.M. Montgomery, castles offer so much ‘scope for imagination’. A chance to simply admire their strength and grandeur. A chance to play make believe and be 7 again. But growing up in southern California did not enable my being able to see them very often (make…
Heaven’s Gate (walks in Wiltshire)
Fancy travelling to Narnia? OK, OK it’s not Narnia, but it sure does look like what I imagine their woods to be. Where is this magical land of which I write? None other than Heaven’s Gate in the county of Wiltshire. There is quite a famous attraction, Longleat Safari Park, just down then road from this woodsy beauty, but as…