Does losing my car keys daily count?
inquired one joker in the pack.
A circling buzzard described a halo over the Wessex Ridgeway, an ancient road that crossed our path.
Walking through Marshwood Vale, in West Dorset, England.Credit:Sophy Roberts
The going was slow.
Five miles from the coast, we reached the portals of theShave Cross Inn, a 14th-century pub.
A few paper prayers slipped from crannies in the wall.
Highland cattle at Marshwood Vale.Sophy Roberts
I stuck my tennis elbow into the aperture.
From left: Manor Farm, in the Dorset village of Stoke Abbott; Stoke Abbott’s 12th-century church.Sophy Roberts
Pilgrims pause along the route to hear a song.Sophy Roberts
