 The old roads, the routes by which our ancestors got from one place to another. Along the downs high up, far from the madding crowd, sometimes. Others have the same idea as you, they too want to get away from the hustle and bustle of day to day living, just for a short while, to forget and to recapture, if only for a moment, a time long passed by. Many books, many articles, many pictures, have conjured up what appears to us to be a far simpler time (it wasn't) that those we have to deal with in these days
We have a guide for our rambles, there he is, just to the right and above, and the guide book is the album from which this website takes its name, Along The Downs: the countryside collection album. We're going to visit a few places, many of them very familiar, some of them new. Join us won't you? as we go on this particular journey. Along The Downs.
 along the downs is
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English countryside. Follow the Cotswolds
escarpment with its stunning views and
charming villages from the beautiful
Cotswold market town of Chipping Campden
in the north to the World Heritage City of Bath
in the south
Explore the ragstone ridge from
the Surrey Border to the edge of
Romney Marsh and enjoy the fine
views across the Weald of Kent
follow in the footsteps of pilgrims
as you journey through inspirational
countryside on the North Downs Way National Trail.
Steeped in history, this 153 mile route offers
spectacular views and peaceful landscapes
along the North Downs in Surrey and Kent
87 miles (139km) through ancient
landscapes. Over rolling, open
downland to the west of the
River Thames, and through secluded
valleys and woods in The Chilterns to
the east, following the same route used
since prehistoric times by travellers,
herdsmen and soldiers
experience some of our finest ountryside
between Winchester, first capital of England,
and the white chalk cliffs of Eastbourne.
If you are interested in great views,
attractive wildlife, visible prehistory,
fine pubs and pretty villages, or if you just
fancy a challenge, the South Downs Way
awaits you
a note:
the images on many of the pages on this
website are from a wonderful and extremely
informative website entitled
From Old Books, it's run by Liam Quin,
to whom massive thanks go out.
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