And we're off!

The Athelstan 1100 Pilgrim Way Walk from Malmesbury to Kingston upon Thames has started. A great crowd was in Malmesbury's Cloister Gardens to see Athelstan entrust his crown - made buy local blacksmith Isaac Owen - to 'Stephen Mayor of Malmesbury' and the 43 walkers setting of on the first day of the walk towards Cricklade. 

Photos: Richard Harris