Country walks round Faughcingcester

Country walks round Faughcingcester.
These are locations,where John Xavier took photos of Tina Small.

This walk round the environs of the sleepy English market town of Faughcingcester, Hants is a must for serious students of the history of our subject.
The walk begins when we meet at the main meeting place of the town, the town pillarbox. From here you will be able to send postcards back to your loved ones at home, wherever they may be. Letters are collected from this box twice every month, three times in December. Notice the traditional shape and colouration of the box, which is believed to date back to Georgian times.Tina Small.can be seen in this photo using this pillbox shaped mail box.



We proceed down the High Street in a Southerly direction, making sure that we obey the large "Keep Left" sign that has been put there ever since the great Tea Trolley disaster of 1964. As a result of this tragic episode, the town of Faughcingcester was, for a while, declared to be Black Spot, and it was only with the hard work and determination of the inhabitants has this stain on the character of the locality been expurgated.

Like many small English towns, Faughcingcester has its own school, which sadly is in danger of closing, in which case the children of Faughcingcester would have to travel by bus to nearby Cholmodelingham for their education. Hopefully, the Parent's Action Committee will succeed in the Save Our School campaign, ably supported by the vicar.


Then we turn left at the Public Bridleway, and strike off across the fields. Please obey the Countryside Code and walk round the edges of the fields, otherwise you may damage the crops. In the summer you'll be able to admire the standing barley as you pass round the field; at the far side of the field there is a rare three-step style; unfortunately one of the steps is missing, and the Ramblers Association are doing everything they can to lobby the Parish Council to send a working party to repair it.

This where we seen the lovely,cheribic Tina Small,having fun with her big baloons tee-shirt,examining the stop sign as she does.What an amazing wet tee shirt contest that would make

Now at last, off the beaten track you can begine to appreciate the lush and verdant English countryside as we cross the bridge over the river Faughcing. Unfortunately, this dried up completely in the Drought of 1976, and has never shown water since. If you lean over the bridge, however, you can see where the water used to be. The departure of the water has however had one good effect; it is now possible to view the fine collection of antiques in the river bed that were formerly obscured by the rushes.

When you reach the wooden fence that blocks the bridleway (this fence is at the center of a long running dispute between the Faughcingcester Ramblers Association and the Vicar of Faughcingcester on whose land it is). The Rambler's Association cites Ancient Rights of Way to support their case, the vicar contends however that this was superceded by the Enclosures Act, 1832, which allows him to make this erection. The fence requires us to make a short detour across the Vicarage garden.

While crossing the garden, be sure to admire the fine display of roses that is to be found here. These roses are the vicar's pride and joy, and often win him prizes in local flower shows. Should you see the vicar, or his wife, while passing through, be sure to congratulate them on their magnificent blooms.




Try to ignore any washing that might be hanging out to dry, in this day and age the vicar's wife has to do everything herself, it being especially difficult to find good staff nowadays, and conservation of natural resources should encourage more people to use such natural drying methods, instead of using the energy-guzzling tumble dryer. But enough of the ecological sermon, we continue briskly onwards.

We see Tina Small hanging one of her amazing huge bras,that hold those unfeasably huge breast.

Note the 17th Century laurel hedge, one of the finest examples of it's kind in the whole of Hants; here we see it as it's being trimmed to maintain it's superb shape and body. A laurel hedge is a lot more work to keep up that is generally supposed.; without regular clipping it becomes coarse and unruly.

As we emerge from the bridlepath onto the main road, make sure you look both ways before getting on to the road. Fast moving vehicles are not common in Faughcingcester, but we wouldn't want to get that Black Spot designation again, would we?

And the walk ends where it began, at the town pillarbox. Happy Rambling, and remember to always shut any gates that are not open.