Wednesday’s dreadful forecast prompted us to whimp out and walk on Thursday this week.  A good decision as it turned out.  The day started bright and sunny, gradually clouded over by mid-day and just started to spot with rain after we left the pub.
This walk is quite easy going.  I think there is just one style, there are virtually no hills and the route is fairly easy to follow.  After wet weather some parts of the track would be difficult but Wednesday’s rain had not had too bad an effect and we didn’t meet any really bad areas.
We parked close in to the wall of St Nicholas church in Church Street.  A better place would have been the furthest point of Broad Close where there is plenty of room.  After a short walk on the road along East Street we were onto the course of the Roman Road and out into the green countryside.  In fact the lasting impression of this walk is just how green everything is at this time of year.
Even Ray's jelly were green, specially supplied by Lisa from Westbourne's Fair Trader our favourite newsagents.
The wooded areas provide some nice variety between the expansive views provided for most of the walk.  The bluebells were virtually over now but green alkanes and campion provided some contrasting colour along the edges of the paths.
The whole route is well marked with perhaps two points worth watching out for.  On the outward section the path kicks to the right and along the edge of the field beside the drive to Abbot’s Court Farm.  On the last section coming back into Winterborne Kingston you cross the broad track leading to Abbot’s Court Dairy and the path goes diagonally across the field eventually leading into Broad Close.
It is worth looking in the church if only to see the beautifully decorated organ pipes.
We had lunch back at the Lambs Green Inn where the chicken pie was up to the usual standard.

We parked in the pay and display car park attached to the Queens Head.  £5 for 24 hours and you get your money back if you have lunch at the pub.

We all agreed it had been a thoroughly enjoyable walk, with good company on a beautiful day.

If you feel like a cup of tea or buying some local produce you could take a short diversion to Home Farm and visit their shop or tea room.  On this occasion we chose to walk the shortest distance we could back to the car as we had already walked a bit further than usual.
Still no teapots at the Coach and Horses.
​A very pleasant day out in spite of there being rather more cloud than we had expected.