At the end of the Ridgeway

The Ridgeway is starts in the middle of nowhere. Next to no public transport serves it. There’s no train station nearby. And whilst there is a bus route nearby, it’s not exactly handy and convenient. It’s not even that exciting a location.

The eastern terminus of the Ridgeway is a better. There’s a bus service nearby. Oh and there’s a view.

On a good day you can stand on Ivinghoe Beacon and see for miles around. Indeed this used to be a signal point; a spot where people would use to send messages over long distances in times of crisis.

On a less good day, it gets lost in the cloud and haze.

But regardless of the type of day it is, Ivinghoe Beacon’s a cracking point. There was an Iron Age fort here, and – like much of the Ridgeway – there’s evidence of Bronze Age burial mounds. It’s a place of history as well as a place for views.

You don’t even have to walk the whole of the Ridgeway to get there. Tring station is only a few miles away and a circular walk from the station to the Beacon is a popular stroll.

Yes, this is a good ending all right.