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FRIDAY: Avebury to Ogbourne St George (and beyond)

Grandpa drove us to the start of the Ridgeway this morning. We left Grandma and Grandpa's house at 9.30am and arrived in Avebury at 10.30am. We went for a walk around the village and looked at the standing stones. Then we had an ice cream before heading back to the car. We drove around the corner to the start of the Ridgeway. Then we got our rucksacks on and smothered ourselves in sunblock, then it was time to go.

11.39am: Withnail is I.

11.37am: Dad being a chimp.

After saying goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa, we walked up a long hill. It wasn't steep so it was a nice easy start, but it was quite hot and sunny.



11.40am: We're off!

At about 12.50pm we reached a small road and there was a field with a sign that said Hackpen White Horse. We had planned to go and have a look at the horse, but we wanted to find somewhere shady to rest, so we carried on a little bit.



1.13pm: Nom!

About an hour later we reached Barbury Castle, which is an Iron Age hill fort.

1.46pm: Barbury Castle

We weren't sure we were crossing it in the right direction but it was okay in the end. On the other side of Barbury Castle there was a car park and a picnic area. We sat on a bench in the shade and had our lunch. Many people can't afford to buy enough food to live on. Please share this link to my sponsorship page so that more people have the chance to help raise money for Luton Foodbank.

2.16pm: Gimme nom!

We had expected to see a reconstruction of an Iron Age house but either it's been demolished or Dad was confused. #sayingnothing

After lunch we carried on walking...



 2.50pm: The Ridgeway is so metal!

 After a while we started walking down a hill and crossed a small bridge. Dad said there was s stream there last time he passed, but today it was totally dry.



4.01pm: Me in Southend. It's true!

We crossed a road and reached our first watering point. A kind person has put a tap on the front of their house with a sign saying "Drinking Water". We drank as much as we could, then filled our water bottles, then carried on up the hill. We had planned to camp just a few metres up the lane, but because it was still early we decided to press on.

We stopped and cooked out dinner by the side of the path. (It was pasta with chicken Cup-a-Soup for flavour and it was the most delicious thing I have ever tasted!)

6.19pm

6.20pm

While I finished my dinner, Dad went off to see if there was anywhere good to camp nearby, but there wasn't, so we walked on a bit more. I thought it might rain, so I put my rain cover on my rucksack.



8.07pm: The walking jellybean!

We eventually found a good spot among some small trees, and it was nearly dark by the time we got inside the tent. I'm pretty tired, but we walked a lot further than we planned.






Distance covered: 21.518km