Day 1 Overton Hill to Liddington

Supposedly this is the true start of the Ridgeway ! The sign says it all ! It’s dry and it’s definitely a ridge as you have to walk up the hill ! It’s very green but overcast! The white horse at Hackpen hill is a bit of a detour for a view ! Sheep! Long horned cows - ?
Banbury castle is massive ! An Iron Age hill fort at 265m , the double ditch and earth ramparts were first occupied 2500 yrs ago ! Big views! Past Ogbourne St George and through thatched cottage Ville of Southend and up to the ridge again ! By Liddington hill and it’s castle the weather is turning in ! I feel like King Lear on the heath! The castle is another Iron Age fort and in summer I guess it looks more impressive ! Past an odd WW2 bunker and finally down to Liddington and some beer !
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