Milston and Figheldean

Today’s adventure took us out to Heathrow Airport to pick up a hire car for the day and heading out to a small village called Milston, which is near Salisbury. Someone on the Great War Forum had identified the photo Eric had taken as that of the Old Mill House at Milston. Bill wanted to visit to confirm if this was the case. We arrived and found the house and yes it was the house we were on the lookout for- Eric had taken a photo of this place around 101 years ago when he was stationed near Lark Hill. We met the current owners of the house who had been there about 4 years. They confirmed the photo and were able to fill us in on how the river had moved near their place and where the old mill had been so that was great and Bill was happy. 

 

The Old Mill House

  

The Avon River

Bill getting in the right position to get his photo

We went for a wander around some of the paths and along the river, it was a pretty spot and as I said to Bill his grandfather would have walked around here 100 years ago! The autumn leaves where lovely, it was a bit showery at times but we were able to do all we needed to. 

From there we headed to Figheldean where we had been before, lots of lovely cottages with thatched roofs. We had our lunch by the side of the road and then went for a walk but it started to rain again, so we took a couple of photos and then headed back to Heathrow to drop off the car and catch the train back to London. A bit wet when we got back, picked up some dinner and headed back to our little apartment. Another great day!