Walk in Jane Austen’s Hampshire Tread
Are you infatuated with Emma, Northanger Abbey, Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility? Then the new Wayfarers’ Jane Austen walk through Hampshire may be for you. The walk, rated easy at six to 10 miles a day, will stop at Steventon, home to Jane’s father’s rectory; the village of Chawton, later home of Jane Austen and site of today’s Jane Austen Museum; and Oakley Hall, the 18th-century Manor House Hotel considered the inspiration for Mansfield Park. The trip also includes Winchester cathedral, Jane Austen’s final resting place, plus a song recital and a pre-dinner discussion led by a Jane Austen expert. Beginning in Steventon and ending in Winchester, the six-day walk is $3,595 per person, double occupancy. It runs June 27-July 2, July 25-30 and Aug. 29-Sept. 3.
