2020-02 Letcombe Valley

Annie and Howard cycled to Letcombe Regis and then walked around the country park. The main feature is probably the Letcombe Brook chalk stream with its unique ecology. Clear, shallow and alkaline. Letcombe Bassett, the source of the Letcombe Brook, used to be well known for watercress production. The village was the inspiration for Cresscombe in Thomas Hardy’s book ‘Jude the Obscure’.