Adgestone Circle

This wasn't quite the walk we set out to do, but as the kids were fractious we changed plans.  Starting at Brading Down viewpoint we walked back along the road towards Knighton, aiming initially for a footpath heading into Knighton Village.  However, it was quite a long walk along a fast road with overgrown verges and no pavements so we changed our minds and took a left turn down the hill as soon as we could.  This footpath came out in the small village of Alverstone (pretty), and we then turned left and headed along the quiet Adgestone Lower Road, which went through some woodland and what appeared to be an old landslip.  This was really rather nice and calming.  We then walked past a farmhouse and came to a split in the road; at this point there was a cobbled area and some wooden gates which could be used to close the road - unusual, and left us wondering what they were for.  Shortly after we took a footpath on the left and headed up a steep hill, through a little copse, past a paddock and out onto the Upper Road.  We followed this to Adgestone Vineyard (must stop there and have a tasting session sometime!), then took a steep footpath through the woods to the top of Brading Down and found the car.

View from Brading Down

Distance: 3.6miles
Route: http://gb.mapometer.com/walking/route_3468154.hI tml