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Owermoigne

24/6/2015

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24th June 2015
Owermoigne
Rob
Rob, Clive, Peter, Ray
7.2 miles
Cul-de-Sac opposite church
Lambs Green Inn  ★★
We parked in Hollands Meade Avenue, a nice quiet road with plenty of curb side parking, opposite St Michaels Church.  Owermoigne is renowned for its involvement with the local 18th-century smuggling trade. When barrels of brandy were brought ashore at Ringstead Bay, three miles south of the village, they were carried inland and stored in the tower of this church.  We then walked down Pollards Lane and up a couple of steps to join our track which can easily be missed.
It was a nice sunny day and the walk across the fields of maize and on to the woodland was very pleasant.  Warmwell's Holy Trinity  church is undergoing some restoration as the roof is in a very wonky state.  It was interesting to talk to the man in charge while we had a look at the large number of War Graves in the small cemetery.  There are 24 of them commemorating airmen from former RAF Warmwell who were killed during World War 2. 
From the map it would be reasonable to expect the track down to the watercress beds to be a nice grassy one but unfortunately it is more of a rough road - not the first time we have found this.  We carried on around the boundary of the Warmwell Quarry.  This was the first time we had been around its southern edge.  We spotted a rather overgrown lake, to the right of our path and a couple of large fish enjoying feeding close to, or even on,  the surface.  On the left side of the path there is a fishing lake which presumably provides some interest for the nearby Holiday Park occupants.  A little further on there is another of those "grassy tracks" that turns out to be road.  This time it was the stretch leading to the strangely named Misery Farm.  Here the footpath has bee re-routed to the west side of the lake rather than going through the property's garden.
Another good walk on a bright but not overly hot day.
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Holy Trinity Church, Warmwell
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A mysterious spot for feeding fish
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We spotted this small bird while admiring a wild orchid
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