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A Watery Walk - Longham

20/12/2018

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20 December 2018
Longham
6.9 miles
Bridge House Hotel
​Bridge House Hotel
This walk turned out to be very different from the planned version!  Do not however get put off this area.  We have had some good walks around here on previous occasions.  A search for "Longham" will provide details.

We started from the car park at the Bridge House Hotel where we planned to have their excellent cavern for our lunch.
Turning right outside the hotel we took the Ferndown Stour and Forest Trail along the edge of the Stour but not for long.  After about a third of a mile the path was underwater and there was no way we could go any further.
We turned back and took the same trail this time leading north beside the Longham Lakes Reservoir.  Looking over what should have been farm land to the west the extent of the flooding could be plainly seen.


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The Stour
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Farm Land! - Looking West From The Lakes
We turned off towards Coneygar Farm and rejoined another section of the trail towards Ferndown with the intention of taking the footpath to Knoll Gardens.  Alas this footpath had  vanished.  We carried on for a short distance to see if there was an alternative route to the gardens but no we had to turn back again.  We felt we deserved a break now so we found a decent log to sit on while we regained our enthusiasm.

This time we thought we would take the bridleway across to Knoll Gardens but we were faced with another submerged path that was impossible to bypass.  We had to turn back for a third time.  We have never before been forced to turn back three times on one walk.  In fact we have hardly ever turned back at all!
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A Minor Obstacle We Overcame
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A Car Plant?
If you would like to see many more strange pictures of cars have a look at the International Car Forest of The Last Church.  Here's a link on Tripadvisor .  
​Eventually we found a reasonable route back and happily reached the Bridge House at 13:30 in good time for lunch.  It was a very nice lunch for a very nice price.
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