Following the news that Redearth ( www.redearth.co.uk ) are doing an installation on Wolstonbury Hill I decided to revisit the hill site.
I again parked at Clayton and set off camera in hand 🙂
No signs of the problems I had on the 2nd, the breathing was fine, and the tank wasn’t running on empty.
The Brighton Road was it’s usual busy self, and crossing it at the golf course took time (I don’t do bouncing off a radiator grill very well)
Walked round to Pycombe and took a quick detour to the church, where the unusual gate took my eye, most gates swing from one side or the other, this one sits centrally on a post and swivels accordingly.
Then I struck out for the path up to the hill, and was shocked how it had become encroached with the bushes on eitherside. The climb is still tough but it felt much easier then the trip on the 2nd.
Reached the gateway to the path up to the hill without any problems and began the final ascent to the TrigPoint. Reached the summit via an amended gateway clearly designed for thin folk, but yours truly squeezed through 🙂
Walked round the ditch at the summit which encircles the top, this is no doubt a leftover from it’s time as a hill fort.
Unfortunately I saw no evidence of Redearth up there. but it is early days.
Took some snaps then set off for the return journey which was a gentle stroll back down to the crossing by the golf club.
The first half of the ascent back to the New Barn Farm is a steep old climb, but was accomplished with 1 stop to clear the nose (had to put the pole down and use both hands to blow the snout)
All in all it was much easier walk than the 2nd which bodes well for longer walks to be covered in the future.
Pictures from the walk can be found here – http://pbckt.com/a2.zzimt