142. Dilton Marsh & Black Dog( 10 miles )

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A walk this week starting at Beckington,Wiltshire and taking in Farmland and some of Black Dog Woods ,Through Dilton Marsh and returning crossing the A36/A361.

First Picture after crossing the A361 Road to Frome.

Newlands Farm looking towards Frome.

GWR Main Line and the EWS 66169 

Inside Black Dog woods, nice rope swing 

View from A3098 Dilton Marsh to Frome Road

Water Tower Chapmanslade

Lake and Dinner Spot,Godswell Grove Lake

A Ram looking Splendid in the now sunny conditions.

We cross the very empty,Rare, A36 

Looking up hill to Warminster 

Westbury White horse some 3.5 miles away.

Ploughing or rolling land ready for sowing 

Another sandwich stop overlooking Fairwood Junction and Class 66- 66546 Freightliner

 Passing Rudge some very dodgy footpaths here ,wrong signage and landowners changing  the rights of ways !! The Alpaca very Curious ! 

After more fields and not a lot else pleasant but nothing else, we come to White Row Farm and the end of Walk after .

  
crossing the busy A36,A361 junction  I say busy but luckily we hit a gap and run across ! then returning down the old Warminster Road to end.

Thanks for looking