Wick Hill

When I visit Chippenham, I often eschew the modern A4 and instead use one of the older back roads, and am rewarded by views like this one of the mud flats of the Avon valley to the west of Chippenham. This was taken from Wick Hill, just below Maud Heath's monument, which recognises the Causeway she bequeathed so that market traders could escape the mud taking their livestock to market in Chippenham. There is a bench seat where I took this picture from that faces this view, and is a welcome resting spot for walkers and cyclists making their way up the hill from Bremhill Wick.

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19.10.2013

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Bremhill series

Lozarhythm Of The Day:
Bridget St. John - Want To Be With You (Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC, 1974)
Bridget St John (born on this day, 4th October 1946, in South London) described by John Peel as "the best lady singer-songwriter in the country".

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