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The small plaque on this log reads \u201cDragging this heavy lump here almost resulted in this being a commemorative plaque \u2026 so make it worth the effort, sit down and enjoy the view \u2026 Simon Clarke 16\/05\/2020<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
**Start point – Kings Somborne, End point – Winchester, Distance – 11 miles, Difficulty – moderate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n**
**https:\/\/www.hants.gov.uk\/thingstodo\/countryside\/walking\/clarendonway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n**
So here it is, finally, the last part of the Clarendon Way – we\u2019ve had Christmas 2024 and we\u2019re now almost at the end of January 2025; life has a way of taking over and I\u2019m only now finding time for this. But here it is and I hope that I\u2019ll begin to post a little bit more regularly – obviously not a New Year\u2019s resolution for me!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Clarendon Way Leg 3 – Starting in King\u2019s Somborne for the final leg with a quick visit to the village shop for ice creams – the girls wearing their face masks really does show what was happening in the country\/world at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
Buying ice creams from the village shop in King\u2019s Somborne during a pandemic<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Once more a gently undulating path took us out of the village and past Ashley Down across farmland to Parnholt Woods. <\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The Littlest leaving King\u2019s Somborne<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
I hope that I never get \u2018used\u2019 to the views that we have walked through and past – they are very much England\u2019s \u2018green and pleasant land\u2019, particularly on the balmy July days that we walked, alongside hedgerows and through woodland with the tributaries of the Test always tantalisingly close, open fields with the occasional deer spotted. <\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
Walking along the Clarendon Way<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Walking closer to Winchester itself, we walk up Farley Mount, almost missing the bizarre monument which gives its name to the site. Check out my separate post on Farley Mount Monument. <\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The Boy and Littlest on Farley Mount<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
This Hampshire folly is within Farley Mount Country Park. We noticed far more walkers and it was easy to realise how much closer we were to the city. This is not my favourite type of walking – I prefer fewer other walkers around. But that\u2019s a personal thing and obviously there are going to be more people closer to towns and cities. And thank goodness there are fabulous green spaces like this -ark. Anyway, I digress, the route goes through Oliver\u2019s Battery – a site where Oliver Cromwell\u2019s army was based during the Civil War and the siege of Winchester in 1645, although excavations have shown that the site dates from a much earlier period, the Iron Age. Despite the interesting history, this part of the walk is less interesting taking us through a residential area.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The River Itchen in the water meadows of Winchester<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
As the River Itchen appeared meandering through water meadows the scenery became quite bucolic again and as it was now 7pm, we were into the magical \u2018golden hour\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The Hospital of St Cross<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
The Hospital of St Cross was hidden by trees and only came into view as we crossed the meadows. It\u2019s believed to be the oldest charitable institution in England being founded between 1132 and 1136 by Henry of Blois (William the Conqueror\u2019s grandson) after he became Bishop of Winchester. It was created to house and help 13 poor men (Brothers) and feed 100 men at its gate every day. It is one of the only places that continues the tradition of free refreshment for travellers – \u2018Wayfarer\u2019s dole\u2019 of \u2018a morsel of bread and a horn of beer\u2019. You can still ask for it today at the Porter\u2019s Lodge. Just not in the middle of a pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The Clarendon Way alongside the River Itchen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
And that was it, the end of the Clarendon Way and our first long distance walk. We did make it to the end at Winchester Cathedral but phone (and camera) batteries had all died, so I didn\u2019t get the Cathedral end photo. The walk could easily be done in a couple of days, or a day if you pushed it, but definitely a bit longer if little people are in tow. A brilliant way to ease into the notion of long distance walks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Start point – Kings Somborne, End point – Winchester, Distance – 11 miles, Difficulty – moderate https:\/\/www.hants.gov.uk\/thingstodo\/countryside\/walking\/clarendonway So here it is, finally, the last part of the Clarendon Way – we\u2019ve had Christmas 2024 and we\u2019re now almost at the end of January 2025; life has a way of taking over and I\u2019m only now…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Somewhat belated - sometimes there\u2019s just too much \u2018life\u2019 going on!","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[434,435,293,433,76],"tags":[429,264,345,436,300,430,340,396,437],"class_list":["post-2496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-clarendon-way","category-farley-mount-monument","category-good-things","category-long-distance-walks","category-uk-days-out","tag-clarendon-way","tag-family-life-2","tag-family-walks","tag-farley-mount-monument","tag-good-things","tag-long-distance-walk","tag-simple-things","tag-surviving-lockdown","tag-uk-days-out","wpcat-434-id","wpcat-435-id","wpcat-293-id","wpcat-433-id","wpcat-76-id"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0614-scaled-e1737718621649.jpeg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4llmx-Eg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2671,"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions\/2671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.lifewiththetribe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

The small plaque on this log reads \u201cDragging this heavy lump here almost resulted in this being a commemorative plaque \u2026 so make it worth the effort, sit down and enjoy the view \u2026 Simon Clarke 16\/05\/2020<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
**Start point – Kings Somborne, End point – Winchester, Distance – 11 miles, Difficulty – moderate<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n**
**https:\/\/www.hants.gov.uk\/thingstodo\/countryside\/walking\/clarendonway<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n**
So here it is, finally, the last part of the Clarendon Way – we\u2019ve had Christmas 2024 and we\u2019re now almost at the end of January 2025; life has a way of taking over and I\u2019m only now finding time for this. But here it is and I hope that I\u2019ll begin to post a little bit more regularly – obviously not a New Year\u2019s resolution for me!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Clarendon Way Leg 3 – Starting in King\u2019s Somborne for the final leg with a quick visit to the village shop for ice creams – the girls wearing their face masks really does show what was happening in the country\/world at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
Buying ice creams from the village shop in King\u2019s Somborne during a pandemic<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Once more a gently undulating path took us out of the village and past Ashley Down across farmland to Parnholt Woods. <\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The Littlest leaving King\u2019s Somborne<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
I hope that I never get \u2018used\u2019 to the views that we have walked through and past – they are very much England\u2019s \u2018green and pleasant land\u2019, particularly on the balmy July days that we walked, alongside hedgerows and through woodland with the tributaries of the Test always tantalisingly close, open fields with the occasional deer spotted. <\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
Walking along the Clarendon Way<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
Walking closer to Winchester itself, we walk up Farley Mount, almost missing the bizarre monument which gives its name to the site. Check out my separate post on Farley Mount Monument. <\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The Boy and Littlest on Farley Mount<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
This Hampshire folly is within Farley Mount Country Park. We noticed far more walkers and it was easy to realise how much closer we were to the city. This is not my favourite type of walking – I prefer fewer other walkers around. But that\u2019s a personal thing and obviously there are going to be more people closer to towns and cities. And thank goodness there are fabulous green spaces like this -ark. Anyway, I digress, the route goes through Oliver\u2019s Battery – a site where Oliver Cromwell\u2019s army was based during the Civil War and the siege of Winchester in 1645, although excavations have shown that the site dates from a much earlier period, the Iron Age. Despite the interesting history, this part of the walk is less interesting taking us through a residential area.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The River Itchen in the water meadows of Winchester<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
As the River Itchen appeared meandering through water meadows the scenery became quite bucolic again and as it was now 7pm, we were into the magical \u2018golden hour\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The Hospital of St Cross<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
The Hospital of St Cross was hidden by trees and only came into view as we crossed the meadows. It\u2019s believed to be the oldest charitable institution in England being founded between 1132 and 1136 by Henry of Blois (William the Conqueror\u2019s grandson) after he became Bishop of Winchester. It was created to house and help 13 poor men (Brothers) and feed 100 men at its gate every day. It is one of the only places that continues the tradition of free refreshment for travellers – \u2018Wayfarer\u2019s dole\u2019 of \u2018a morsel of bread and a horn of beer\u2019. You can still ask for it today at the Porter\u2019s Lodge. Just not in the middle of a pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n
\n
$\"\"$
The Clarendon Way alongside the River Itchen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
And that was it, the end of the Clarendon Way and our first long distance walk. We did make it to the end at Winchester Cathedral but phone (and camera) batteries had all died, so I didn\u2019t get the Cathedral end photo. The walk could easily be done in a couple of days, or a day if you pushed it, but definitely a bit longer if little people are in tow. A brilliant way to ease into the notion of long distance walks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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