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Baldock Circular Walk

A flat walk across vast Hertfordshire farmland fields in an area filled with clues to Britain’s Iron Age and Roman past. Follows part of the Icknield Way.

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Cow Parsley

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Cow parsley

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The others

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Ashwell Museum

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St. Mary Magdalene, Caldecote

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Big field

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Big fields

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Big ploughed field

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cow parsley

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Historical building, Ashwell

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Historical Dancers, Ashwell

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Rape, apple and cow parsley

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Crossing a field

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Crossing a field

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Cow parsley

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Wheat, cow parsley, rape

Baldock Circular. Across the big field - the long way.

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Cow Parsley

En route to Newnham, Baldock Circular.

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Old house, now museum

Ashwell, Baldock Circular

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Into the Cow Parsley

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Dinosaur in field

Rogets Treeosaurus Baldock Circular

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Ploughed field

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The great dunghill of Bygrave

Even has its own "Danger of skidding" road signs Baldock Circular

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Park Wood

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Plough patterns

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Tudor dance, Ashwell at Home

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old barn, Ashwell

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Cow parsley

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Scarecrows

Proof the art of scarecrow-making is lost. Baldock Circular

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Park Wood

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Ashwell

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Noah's boat built, animals on board

(Reenactment of mystery play) Baldock Circular

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Many locals still wear medieval dress.

Ashwell at Home Day, Baldock Circular

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Wind Farm and Water Tower, from Claybush Hill

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Clump on Arbury Banks

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Ashwell Church Spire from Field

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Rapefields

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Ashwell Church

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Interior of Ashwell Church

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Graffitti on lower wall of church tower, Ashwell

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Ashwell Church from village centre

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Dixies, Ashwell

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That way

Baldock Circular: Minimalist scarecrow

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Ashwell Church Spire, from Newnham Hill

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Caldecote, from Newnham Hill, with Sharpenhoe Clappers and Pulloxhill Water Tower behind

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Big field

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Towards Newnham

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Rapefields

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Oilseed Rape Field, and wood, from Caldecote Road

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Rapefields

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Converted Barn in Newnham

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Streambed in Newnham

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'Usually well-cleared field crossing...', Newnham

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Hideous pond, The Nook, Baldock

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Wisteria in Baldock

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Pargetted House in Baldock

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Tower of Baldock Museum

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Green and yellow

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Park Wood

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Germ spreading dance

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Village lockup

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Peacock

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Shapes

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Light at the end of the tunnel

Still a long way off :( Tunnel approaching Baldock. Baldock Circular

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Ploughed field

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Across a big field

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Letchworth Morris

Baldock Circular Ashwell at Home

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Old House Ashwell

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Ancient Graffiti Ashwell Church

Refers to the Black Death In Latin Baldock Circular

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Ashwell Church Tower

Highest in Herts Baldock Circular

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Big Yellow field

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Big ploughed field

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