St Catherine's Hill
We had recently bought a car, and so it became much easier to
get out and about. One Autumn evening, we decided to pop out to St
Catherine's Hill. I had told Anne there was something special on
it, and she had been wanting to see what it was for several
weeks.
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Anne enjoys riding in our new
car. |
We parked at the bottom of the hill, and started up. It fell to
me to push Noah's push-chair up. The hill is an old Iron Age
hill-fort, which implies that it's steepest hill for miles around.
It was hard work, and navigating the steps that went up the
steepest parts was the most difficult.
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I push Noah up a hill. It's
steeper than it looks, and there are lots of steps. |
At the top, the path ends at the Mizmaze, an ancient pathway cut
into the turf on the top of the hill. In the shape of a square, the
pathway winds backwards and forwards upon itself until ending in
the middle. Anne, already tired from the climb up the hill, bravely
took it on. I think if she had realised how long the path really
was, she would have had a rest first.
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Anne walks around the ancient
Mizmaze. |
The light was fading, so we walked around the crest of the hill
to the path down on the other side. We were surprised to find an
apple tree, bearing lots of ripe fruit. We stopped for half an hour
and picked some.
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I pick apples, while Noah takes a bite out of
as many as he can. |
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Then it was down the staircase on the other side of the hill
(it's that steep), along the river back to the car-park and
home.
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Noah enjoys bumping down the
steps in our sturdy push-chair. |
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