by Keira Garrigan | May 4, 2023
This Community Path in the Blenheim Estate is a lovely walk. It’s short (1.5 miles) and there are entrances in Long Hanborough, where we entered, or Bladon. The path, suitable for buggies – and there are lots of people with buggies – passes by fields,...
by Keira Garrigan | Mar 13, 2023
Kiddington lies at the centre of a group of landscaped parks including Sandford Park, Ditchley Park, Glympton Park and Blenheim. And it holds its head up high amongst this quartet. Our walk took us from the gates of the imposing Kiddington Hall, following the public...
by Keira Garrigan | Mar 12, 2023
OK, hold tight, as this is mightily confusing. Shotover Park is the same as Shotover Country Park, right? Wrong! Totally different places! A little bit of history: Shotover Park, part of the larger Shotover Estate, has hosted Queen Elizabeth 1, is Grade 1 listed with...
by Keira Garrigan | Mar 12, 2023
This ancient woodland, once part of the Royal Forest of Bernwood, is a mixture of ash, field maple, aspen, hazel and oak along with blackthorn, hawthorn, spindle and a few old hornbeams – the perfect hiding place for deer and wild boar. And this is a splashy adventure...
by Keira Garrigan | Jan 13, 2023
Perfect for all from balance bikers to experienced cyclists and everyone in between. Start in Didcot and follow the disused railway embankment past rolling countryside and poppy fields. Lots of opportunities for pit stops, either on the benches or parks –...
