Fiona Reynolds takes a stroll around ancient Badbury Rings leads to Kingston Lacy, where an 188-year-old avenue of trees stands proud
It’s a still, golden afternoon: a treat in the aftermath of Storm Babet. The autumn sun has a crystal sharpness, highlighting the crunchy beech and hazel mast beneath my feet and the turning leaves, now yellow, now gold, now with a hint of red.
I’m walking to Badbury Rings from Hillbutts, near Wimborne Minster in Dorset. The first…