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Dist:0.3km<br/>Although there is a large sign at the end of the track asking people not to flytip or dump rubbish the area has been targeted recently. The bridleway takes walkers and riders from the A338 to the A30.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.3km<br/>A field of recently harvested rape. The Salisbury to Andover railway is in the line of trees crossing the picture.
©Andrew Smith
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©Rob Purvis
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©Rob Purvis
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©Rob Purvis
Dist:0.6km<br/>Village pub tucked away near the end of Black Horse Lane, very busy at a Sunday lunchtime. Internally, back bar, with drinking area at front, dining rooms left and right; low ceiling in the original bar, wooden beams. Cask ales on offer at my visit: Hopback Summer Lightning, Ringwood Best, Wadworth 6X. For some customer comments, see http://www.beerintheevening.com/pubs/s/36/36811/Black_Horse/Salisbury
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.6km<br/>Apart from Black Horse Lane, this is the only lane in Hurdcott.
©Peter Facey
Dist:0.6km<br/>Situated at the end of the cul de sac Black Horse Lane, and with gardens extending to the River Bourne.
©Peter Facey
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©Trish Steel
Dist:0.6km<br/>Horses and ponies grazing well used paddocks at Hurdcott.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.6km<br/>This popular sign dates from at least the fourteenth century. Its use appears to be a reflection of its convenience as a visual symbol. By the seventeenth century the phrase had become the nickname of the 7th Dragoon Guards, who rode mainly black horses. The sign was also by this time used by the goldsmiths of Lombard Street, London and is now associated with Lloyds Bank as well as remaining a popular pub sign.
©Trish Steel
Dist:0.7km<br/>Looking downstream. The river flows into the Avon 4km to the South.
©Mike Faherty
Dist:0.7km<br/>For centuries weathervanes have kept people in touch with the elements, signalling those shifts in the wind, which bring changes in the weather. This simple device has grown into a charming English tradition which can say something about their owners, adding interest to the landscape.
©Trish Steel
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©Peter Facey
Dist:0.7km<br/>Found on a modern house at Hurdcott.
©Trish Steel

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