July 2, 2014 -- Day 17, St. Mary Bourne to Stockbridge, 13 miles

Typically, finding my way through town to get to the footpath is the most difficult exercise of the day, but not today. The footpath I needed to follow started from the hotel’s car park. It immediately crossed over a little creek, the Bourne Rivulet, where I rousted two swans and their cygnets that were sleeping under the footbridge.

Swans and cygnets

 

Twenty minutes later I encountered two ladies walking their dogs. In response to my typical “good morning” greeting, one of them exclaimed “Oh, you’re the man who spoke with the thatchers yesterday!” Either news gets around quickly in small towns, or my fan club is spreading.

I didn’t see anyone else on the footpath all day, until two bicycle riders passed me near Stockbridge.

 

Pretty Farmhouse

View from footpath

Hidden directional sign
(try to find it)

Footbridge over River Test at Wherwell

 

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