The Final Bits and Pieces and Roundway Down.

I packed the final bits and pieces today and then went for a walk with Celia and Pippin to take my mind off what I have and haven't packed.    We walked on Roundway Down, the site of a Civil War battle in 1643.   The Royalists defeated the Roundheads here and drove them over a steep hillside, now called "Bloody Ditch." 

An old hill fort dated 500 BC also stands on the hilltop and is known as "Oliver's Castle" although there is no evidence of Mr Cromwell ever being here and involved in the bloody punch up!  The remains of only one soldier have been found and he is buried in Rowde Churchyard.