Wiltshire is a huge county, and the part of it that lies south of the notorious A303, with its famous bottlenecks, resembles Dorset.
Suddenly, streetlights and UPVC windows become rarities and noble trees like Atlas cedar, Douglas fir and Wellingtonia dot the Elysian Fields.
I have a thing about Dorset. I think it might suit me better than Wiltshire. HJ Massingham, the expert on England’s downland, claimed the Dorset Downs ‘give a warmer welcome than those of Wilts’ - maybe because they’re just that
