Ivinghoe Beacon is a chalky outcrop, standing on a ridge of similar makeup in the flat clay hills of Bucks. It was formed by glacial deposit or something like that. I didn't listen on my Geography field trip, I was too busy being glad to be out of the classroom. Don't get me wrong, I liked school. I just hated Geography.
And there did used to be a beacon there. One of a line of warning beacons which stretch across the country to warn of invasion.
A couple of pensioners out for a stroll (they let me go ahead at my own punishing pace - the leg shaping hasn't all been for show you know!)
And A view up the final hill.
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