Let’s give Aylesbury town another look: past the retail parks and busy roads and head to its historic centre on a self guided tour. 🥾shorturl.at/9Gpw9 Discover Bucks Museum Kings Head Aylesbury Aylesbury Town Council Buckinghamshire Archives Buckinghamshire Council

Please be careful on the chalk trails which are especially slippery after all the rain. Around Ivinghoe Beacon, Incombe Hole, Pitstone Hill, Bacombe Hill and Whiteleaf Hill that we are aware of. 📷 Ivinghoe Beacon The Ridgeway National Trail

Still tickets left to hear my talk next week 👇

The chalk under our feet determines so much of what grows in the downland, where you could find over 80 species of wild bees, Roman snails, brimstones and chiffchaffs. And other amazing stuff! ℹ️open.substack.com/pub/marytebje/… 📍College Lake BBO Wildlife Trust

For #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re sharing links between Amersham and the history of enslaved people. In 1747, Lord of the Manor, William Drake (1724-96) married the heiress Elizabeth Raworth (1725-1757).

Welcome to the next instalment of our A - Z Chilterns Treasures journey discovering all the things in and around the Hambleden Valley that start with letter D. D is for Discovery, by Micro Travels with Mary  open.substack.com/pub/marytebje/…

We’d like to congratulate the Icknield Way Association and Friends of the Ridgeway on the successful launch of the new very old #GreatChalkWay that links the Jurassic Coast in Dorset with the Wash in Norfolk. It’ll be a memorable route!

Our beautiful National Trail traverses some impressive countryside. Tucked away in the folds of the South Oxfordshire Chilterns, is the tiny village of just over 1,000 residents. Ewelme, pronounced “Yoo elm” is located north east of the market town of Wallingford. #OxfordshireDay

I'm delighted to say that The Berkhamsted Bookshop are once again selling my Birds of #Berkhamsted calendar. All photos taken along the Bulbourne. Like, RT, share this tweet and tell your friends. #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #LifesBetterByWater Berkhamsted Life Hertfordshire Life Canal & River Trust

A feast from the Forest This region is distinctive because of our beechwoods, once used for chair making, charcoal, lumber for London, now still an integral part of our landscape and woodland heritage, a place to escape and breathe. by Micro Travels with Mary  open.substack.com/pub/marytebje/…

Join Dr Geeta Ludhra and Dadima's for an autumnal walk around Burnham Beeches. 🥾 📅 Oct 27 🕙10am 📍Burnham Beeches, SL2 3TE. Find out more 👉 bit.ly/48jRXpB

This trig pillar marks a height of 216m (708’) along the Trail between Fox Road & The Twist outside Wigginton in Hertfordshire. Confusingly it’s sometimes referred to as being located 70m lower down @Dunsley Farm. Views towards Trails end (or start) @Ivinghoe Beacon are lovely!

It’s not hard to image the bustle of boats & boots, the traders & drovers using these ancient routes spanning Dorset to East Anglia, all converging at this lovely spot; The Ridgeway National Trail Thames Path National Trail & Icknield Way could all easily tempt onto the trail. 🥾open.substack.com/pub/marytebje/…

Despite the imported horrors from across the pond, Halloween is believed to have originated from an ancient Celtic festival of Samhain celebrated on the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day when ghosts and spirits are abroad. #halloween2024 👻 open.substack.com/pub/marytebje/…

We are only as good as our local and independent businesses! Tell us who you think deserves to be included in our Top 10 Independent Chilterns’ Businesses and why? What makes them so local and special to locals at leisure and those who visit our region?

Everyday Amersham Museum #joy is overhearing visitors. Today included 60 primary school children having an excitedly happy time, & a grandmother and grandson having wonderful conversations as they looked at the displays 😊#Museum30

This week is the letter ‘J for James’, the Hand of St James, a curiosity that fits perfectly with this newsletter because it’s a story of discovery in a ruined abbey, royalty and religion, international travel and big business. by Micro Travels with Mary  open.substack.com/pub/marytebje/…

From Grass to Glass Imagine we had no farms in the Chilterns. Imagine we had to import our food. Imagine if fewer visitors wanted to spend time and money here in the Chilterns. Just what’s at stake for farmers? 🐄Laceys Family Farm P E Mead & Sons open.substack.com/pub/marytebjeb…

K is for Kites, by Micro Travels with Mary  A wildlife success story, or are the ubiquitous circling kites on the lookout for food becoming an aerial nuisance? open.substack.com/pub/marytebje/… Photo credit: Steve Gozdz