Climbing up on Solsbury Hill, but is it a real place?

This blog is not just about mountains but small hills too, and today I’m going to talk about a very small hill indeed.

I was listening to the Easy 70s playlist on Spotify when I picked Edita up from the airport a couple of weeks ago.

As we drove back to the Cotswolds that Friday, Peter Gabriel’s 1977 hit Solsbury Hill popped up on the car stereo, which prompted Edita to remark:

“Peter Gabriel is British, isn’t he. Is Solsbury Hill a real place? If it is then we should climb it.”

“Good idea. Actu...