Tower and Town, July 2015 (view the full edition)The RidgewayA broad green track runs for many a long long mile, across the downs, now following the ridges, now winding past at the foot of a grassy slope, then stretching away through a cornfield and fallow. It is distinct from the wagon tracks, which cross it here and there, for these are local only and if traced up land the wayfarer presently in a maze of fields, or end abruptly in the rickyard of a lone farmhouse. It is distinct from the hard roads of modern construction which also at wide intervals cross its course, dusty and glaringly white in the sunshine ... with varying width, from 20 to 50 yards it runs like a green ribbon a width that allows a flock of sheep to travel easily side by side. From Wildlife in a Southern Country, by Richard Jefferies |