To school across the fields of Wiltshire

The people of Wiltshire have a long standing reputation for preferring farming to war-like pursuits.

Wiltshire is a county of rolling green downs and dense woodlands, steeped in history and some outstanding prehistoric remains — Stonehenge and Avebury being the most notable. The magnificent cathedral at Salisbury bears testament to the areas religious significance since medieval times.

I have always loved visiting — Marlborough in particular — where family members of mine have lived for a number of years. So when I got the opportunity to have a week there before everyone resumed the imminent back- to -school pace of life, it was an opportunity not to be missed.