Silence Is Golden
I went back to Inkpen a few days after the original hay bale mini series (see below), on the way back from work (with a slight detour). The wind was blowing a gale but even though I've only got a lightweight Manfrotto 785B tripod, I think it stood up to the job pretty well.
The earliest record of Inkpen is contained in the Cotton Charter viii, dated between 931 and 939. This includes the will of a Saxon thegn named Wulfgar, whose name means 'wolf-spear'. Wulfgar owned "land at inche penne" which he "had from Wulfric, who had it from Wulfhere who first owned it", his father and grandfather respectively. Wulfgar left this to be divided amongst named heirs: three quarters to his wife, Aeffe, the other quarter to "the servants of God" at the holy place in Kintbury. Following Aeffe's death, her share was also to go to the holy place at Kintbury "for the souls of Wulfgar, Wulfric and Wulfrere".
Walbury Hill is the highest point in the South East England region of the UK at 297 metres (974 ft) above sea level.
It is situated on the border between the civil parishes of Inkpen and Combe in south western Berkshire (the latter formerly in Hampshire). It is close to the Hampshire border and 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) southeast of Hungerford, the closest town. On its summit is the Iron Age hill fort of Walbury Camp. Combe Gibbet stands on the adjoining Gallows Down. It is the start point for both the Test Way and the Wayfarers Walk.