On Sunday we visited Hackpen Hill, on the Ridgeway long distance path, not 6 or 7 miles from where we live. It is well-known as the site of one of Wiltshire's white horses (carved out of the chalk hillside) and for the appearance of crop circles during the summer months. We had heard rumours of a newly formed circle so took the opportunity to try and get photographs. After clambering down to the vicinity of the chalk horse, we were able to get some distant shots. However, for a much better view you need to be filming from the air and I found a link to t
his video on one of the crop circle sites.
I was primarily interested in taking photos, but I did attempt a very quick and crude pen sketch.
 |
One of the legs of the chalk horse can be seen in the foreground
and the camper van at the bottom of the hill is the
"ticket office" for entry to the farmer's field -
£3 per person donated to charity |
No comments:
Post a Comment