Walk with the Rector
Are you an avid walker? Do you live somewhere between Exeter (Devon) and Exeter (Oxford)? Can you spare some time for the College? If you answered yes, then we have a challenge for you!
To kick-start our 700th Anniversary, the Rector is walking from Exeter to Exeter in late July. Following in the footsteps of Rector Prideaux from the 16th century, and generations of Devonian students, she will be walking this exceptional journey over two weeks.
We need some help in checking her route by those with local knowledge. If you would be willing to walk a section, recommend places to stay, or suggest route alterations, please do get in touch with Katrina Hancock.
The Rector’s proposed route and schedule is outlined below and will continue to be updated over the coming months. The rector will be blogging or tweeting as she goes!
If you would like to join her in the summer for a leg or a day’s walk, she would love your company. She will be raising money to fund a bursary for students wishing to take up an unpaid internship that focuses on the environment. To that end, all who join her will be asked to contribute either to this bursary or this year’s Annual Fund. More details to follow but do log your interest with Will Watt.
Floreat exon!
Rector’s Walk from Exeter to Exeter – proposed route and schedule
25th July – 4th August 2013
Day 1 – Thursday 25th July – Exeter to Honiton
Exeter
Clyst Honiton
Hand and Pen
Fenny Bridges
Honiton
Day 2 – Friday 26th July – Honiton to Thorncombe
Honiton
Axminster
Hawkchurch
Sadbaroow Pound
Thorncombe
Day 3 – Saturday 27th July – Thorncombe to Yetminster
Thorncombe
Pilsden Pen
Beaminster
Beaminster Down
Corscombe
Halstock
Melbury Osmond
Yetminster
Day 4 – Sunday 28th July – Rest Day
Day 5 – Monday 29th July – Yetminster to Charlton Musgrove
Yetminster
Lillington
Sherborne
Corton Denham
Charlton Horethorne
South Cheriton
Wincanton
Charlton Musgrove
Day 6 – Tuesday 30th July – Charlton Musgrove to Rode
Charlton Musgrove
Druly Hill Farm
Trudoxhill
Buckland Dinham
Rode
Day 7 – Wednesday 31st August – Rode to Devizes
Rode
Kennett and Avon Canal at Bradford on Avon
Mid Wilts Way joins Canal
Devizes
Day 8 – Thursday 1st August – Rest Day
Day 9 – Friday 2nd August – Devizes to Liddington
Devizes
Morgan’s Hill
Avebury
Barbury Castle Country Park
Liddington
Day 10 – Saturday 3rd August – Liddington to Milton Hill
Liddington
Car Park SE of Ashbury
Car Park S of Sparsholt
A338 (S Wantage)
Rutherford Laboratory
Milton Hill
Day 11 – Sunday 4th August – Milton Hill to Oxford
Milton Hill
Sutton Courtenay
Abingdon
Oxford