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I am really, really trying to get fit.
"There is no one giant step that does it. It's a lot of little steps. "
Peter A. Cohen
These steps are fairly new... they are not the steps of my youth. The original steps were made of concrete and were actually part of the bridge's structure. However, years of use and tons of pigeon shit apparently took a toll. Either that or too many people were able to climb up into the base of the bridge (I would never have done such a thing!), or perhaps someone fell from the steps — the sidethat faced the pavement was only about four or five feet in height.
My brother and I and others would use this wall for playing "strike out"... we would draw a strike zone on the wall (a box that reached from about armpit level to the knees) and pitch to each other. Sometimes we'd have a fielder or two behind us (but it wasn't required); the ground rules would change, of course, depending upon the number of people playing.
For example, if there were no fielders, any ground ball that landed first in front of the pitcher would be an out; if it's first bounce landed beyond the pitcher, it was a single... stuff like that.
Basement in office wing has been totally gutted during asbestos remediation,leaving nothing but a dark shell past these steps.
Classic county bridge between Moretonhampstead and Dunsford at Steps Bridge built c1816 the date is confirmed on an inscribed stone in the parapet along with two parish boundary stones inscribed Bridford and Dunsford.