With the realisation that I am probably leaving this part of the world for a while I need to visit all those places that have been on the “one day” list for ages. So, poor dog is being dragged all over the place - no more of her regular walks up and down The Ridgeway, this might be her last chance to explore some other corners of Oxfordshire.

Today we have walked from Larkrise to Candleford, or more properly from Cottisford (the inspriation for Candleford) to Juniper Hill (Larkrise) and back again.

My dodgy handwritten scrawls indicate where my pictures were taken.

a. View of Tusmore House from the Beech Avenue on College Farm…

b. Wireless station as seen from Cottisford Heath…

c. Juniper Hill… (the clues are all there)

And finally d. some trees…

The second half of the walk from Juniper Hill to Cottisford followed the route that Flora Thompson (the author of the Larkrise Trilogy) walked to school. Not a bad walk on a dry spring morning but it would  have been tough going mid winter for the group of children that would have made the journey. A mile doesn’t seem far until you’re up to your knees in mud.