Climbing North Wessex Downs

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=55 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Swan, Ink Pen"><U><B><IMG SRC="0430e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B><A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Atop the Downs"><U><B><IMG SRC="0420e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>       </B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="14" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="14"><B>   </B><A HREF="id66.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="London Trip 9 2009"><U><B><IMG SRC="0450e0e0.png" border=0 width="14" height="14" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=425 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0418dfc3.jpg"> <div> Climbing North Wessex Downs</div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Three Photos</div> <div> <IMG SRC="8b78a360.jpg" border=0 width="906" height="566" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Leaving Ink Pen, we soon saw what Nature had in store for our leg muscles.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8b68d6a0.jpg" border=0 width="909" height="618" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> It didn't just look steep--it was steep.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="8b58f3d0.jpg" border=0 width="911" height="573" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> We are half-way up the highest point of the North Wessex Downs, in Berkshire.  The sheep were very friendly, though most of them were </div> <div> far too busy to bother with us.</div> </td> </tr></table></body>