Winchester to Alton

After a relatively easy train from Slough to Reading to Winchester I’m here and the weather is cloudy but it’s warm!
As I walked through the wilderness of this world, I came upon a certain place with a den.
After a quick visit to see St. Swithun… Let’s walk !
I find myself tracing the early beginnings of the river Itchen next to the path and it stays there for most of the morning as it develops into chalk based trout stream ! There’s an odd church or two and some Norman arches and the impressive stained glass window ! It’s a long walk ! 10 miles until lunch ! Close to the watercress beds and the watercress train line ! Through woods , across fields of alfalfa (and a barely visible path!) , and across a field that’s being ploughed with no path remaining ! Directions aplenty , redundant stiles ? and I only got lost once ! Tree lined tracks and eventually through to Chawton and Jane Austen’s cottage (which isn’t!) and day one finished on Alton ! Check the monitor 23 miles ???? Bath!!!!!Read more