The route of the actual walk of 19 July - it was 8.48 miles long.

Fields of wheat (here) and barley almost ripe and waiting for the harvest.

More wheat fields and an island of trees provide cover for birds.

A field of oil seed rape on the path - by the day of the walk this had nearly all been harvested.

The distant views from Lyscombe Hill - The Hardy Way passes along the valley bottom.

The view across Lyscombe Bottom

Corn fields at Higher Melcombe Farm

Its a serious business!

The game proceeds on the pitch near Cheselbourne. Note the pillow mounds on the far hillside.

The chapel and cottages at Lyscombe Farm

Apparently this was originally a chapel for the monks who once lived here, later to become a home and a bakehouse before reverting to a chapel.

The candle provided by the diocese and a home-made cross fashioned from driftwood lies nearby.

On reflection.

Aaaah! (or should it be Baaah).