Virtual walk along The Peddars Way

‘With the help of Google Streetview, some aerial photographs, moth-eaten topography books, and a guidebook or two, we have joined forces with Tor to create this online adventure along the Peddars Way illustrated with her fabulous drawings and the stories she wrote at the time.

Tor will be explaining why she chose the views and how she sought to capture them. She will read from her book Peddars Way: A Walk with Chalk, and additionally, the tour will include readings from other texts written by local scholars.

We don’t try to complete the entire 49-mile length of the Peddars Way in one hour-long tour – although Tor has covered the terrain many times over – we choose to start, well…. at the start on Knettishall Heath, a few miles from Thetford, and then follow the trail north-westwards towards Castle Acre, via the Merton Stone, where we shall rest and take stock.

We will continue from the Merton Stone to the River Nar, an unspoilt chalk stream close to the ruins of Castle Acre Priory on another tour two weeks later.’