A couple of weekends ago, Foot Trails Storyteller Emma headed off to Wiltshire to walk one of her favourite spring trails in our Bath & The Avon Valley trip:
“There’s one of our walks that I always try to do at this time of year. It’s just a short route, one of the ‘arrival day walks’ that we offer our guests as an option on the day they arrive at their first inn. But it’s beautiful, taking in fields, woodlands and quiet country lanes as well as a stunning viewpoint over a grand stately home and its landscaped gardens and a remarkable number of old thatched cottages and a church dating back to the 12th century.
What I love most about it at this time of year, though, are the tucked-away bluebell woodlands. So when the first signs of these delicate indigo blooms appear, I always head down there. In this quiet corner of Wiltshire, you can wander through swathes of bluebells in complete solitude, with just the sounds of the trees and the birds for accompaniment. It’s the perfect way to spend a few hours on a bright spring day.”
If you’d like to wander the the countryside of South West England in spring, visit our trip page or send us an email. We’d love to share our corner of England with you.
