We did two walks on 23rd and 24th October, both of about 9 miles and lasting about 5 hours including pub stops.

Saturday was a bit greyer than Sunday, but the circular the walk from Silsoe to Higham Gobian and Pulloxhill was still a good one, which included 2 pubs, one for ale and another for tea. We did manage to find some very sticky mud in some of the fields though!

Wrest Park House. We drove here and then parked in the park's carpark.


The nice thing about walking this time of the year is it doesn't get too hot and the leaves are beginning to change so there are some beautiful colours to be seen.

It wasn't all mud, really it wasn't, just a few of the fields weighted down our boots and changed the colour of the dog.

One of the aforesaid muddy fields. We felt we had deserved our drink by the time we arrived at Pulloxhill on the otherside of the hill!



Here we are outside Higham Gobian Church after stopping for a break on the benches in the Churchyard.

OK so the fields were a bit muddy, but the views were still worth the trouble, this one is near Sharpenhoe Clappers.


A beautiful bright autumnal Sunday, with 12 walkers enjoying the views between Dunstable and Totternhoe and also the joys of some of our local pubs!
We had 12 walkers on both our walks and you may notice that some of them are the same, however there were 18 different people involved over the 2 days.

Looking over Totternhoe

Posing on top of Totternoe Castle hill.The central defensive position within the castle, the motte, is a conical earthen mound about 5 metres tall, set on the highest point on the spur overlooking the Ouzel valley and crowned by a concrete Ordnance Survey triangulation point (BN S4552).

The view over Totternhoe Quarry

Who could resist admiring the view from the top of the Castle mound? The earthworks of Castle Hill are remains of a late 11th or early 12th century motte and bailey castle. It was probably only used for a short period and was once known as the castle of Eglemont (Eagle Mount).


The video is of the panoramic view from the Castle Hill Mound Totternhoe. Its surprising what you can find only a few miles from Dunstable. If you want to see more pictures check out our photo albums......