Because it’s there!

Well it’s a sunny and not so very windy day ! So let’s try some more hills !

Lambert's Castle Hill 258 m rises between the villages of Marshwood and Fishpond Bottom -Brits know how name places ! and it qualifies as a HuMPs - Hundred and upwards Metre Prominence! Not a Marilyn nor a Simm! The view takes in Portland , Chesil beach and uplands of Wiltshire and Somerset . Luna loves it ... a gallop through mangled and strangely deformed ancient beeches before the view ! The hill is topped by an Iron Age hill fort that’s 2,500 years old. The hilltop was used as a racecourse at some stage and was also the site of a fair for over 200 years.

A pit stop / lunch stop in Crewkerne where we have previously stayed on friends’weekends away with the kids over 30 years ago ! The 15th C church is still impressive and reflects wealth of the textile industry ! Thankfully Mr Blobbys village is long gone ! It was a nightmare and worse in the rain ! https://www.dunblobbin.com/blobbyland

Onward and the sun is shining and there’s a bit of a breeze but that breeze is a bloody gale atop Glastonbury Tor! Another climb for all up the hill but the sun is out and it’s warm ! Glastonbury Tor is a hill near topped by the roofless St Michael's Tower. The Tor is particularly linked to King Arthur myths , and has several other spiritual associations ....and is still full of hippies ! The climb goes well but on the exposed top the wind is pretty ferocious today !

Homeward bound and another hill - Pilsdon Pen 277m is Dorset’s second-highest point and gives spectacular views south towards the towns of Bridport and Lyme Regis on the Coast and inland to the farmlands and villages! It’s a good climb and the wind is out again ! It’s topped by a huge expansive field / the hill fort ! Luna sniffs and is no doubt smelling the rabbits ! It was used as a medieval rabbit warren and cigar shaped hillocks/ ‘pillow mounds’ still exist ! Another good hike and a might blow !

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