The poet's walk Join the Fellowship on April 15 (information on 01252 810852, www.edward-thomasfellowship.org.

uk ), when Edward's grandson, also called Edward, will unveil a plaque on the third house they lived in: meet at Bedales School, Steep, at 10.30am. Alternatively, follow this route: park outside the church, follow green Hangers Way sign (opposite church), through wood and round field to Mill Lane; turn right along road, take footpath by waterfall and go uphill through Ashford Chase. Turn left at road: Berryfield Cottage, the first house the Thomases lived in in Steep, is second on the left among a complex of estate buildings. Continue along the road till Hangers Way sign which points off to the right; take this path, following Ashford stream with ponds on your right. Beyond seat take left fork; where path rejoins main track turn left and bear left uphill, ignoring right turn onto Hangers Way. The path that continues upward is the subject of the poem The Path. At top of hill turn right into Cockshott Lane and go past the Edward Barnsley furniture workshop. Beyond that is the Red House, the Thomases' second house in Steep and the subject of poems including Wind and Mist and The New House. Continue to just beyond junction with Old Litten Lane, then follow Hangers Way sign down to Memorial Stone. Continue downhill to lane near Berryfield Cottage and retrace route through Ashford Chase. When you reach Mill Lane continue along it to junction with Church Road (Thomas's name is on the First World War memorial there). Turn right along Church Road. Their final house in the village, 2 Yew Tree Cottages (also known as 23 Church Road), is accessed by a narrow lane that runs between numbers 19 and 25 Church Road. The poem Old Man was written about the common wormwood bush that still grows by the front door. Return to church, where two engraved windows by Laurence Whistler commemorate Thomas. The White Horse is near a crossroads on the B-road that runs between Steep and the A32: look out for empty sign bracket. T he Manor Farm is between the hamlets of Hawkley and Colemore. Map: OS Explorer 133: Haslemere & Petersfield.