| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 234rd April 2014 Bere Wood Peter Peter, Clive, Ray, Rob. 7.3 miles Bere Regis Car Park Worlds End ★★ |
This walk did not work out as planned. It is shown here for record purposes only.
Do not attempt to do this walk for the following reasons.
1) It is on private woodland owned by the Drax Estate.
2) The paths are not where they are shown on the OS map.
The walk leader had failed to recognise that this is NOT an area where walkers can wander about as they please. The ONLY public route is along the marked Bridle path.
As we wandered along we were met by a gentleman, in the old fashioned sense of the word, who asked us if we were aware that we had strayed a long way off the bridle path. One of our band immediately recognised Richard Drax and said he missed him on the TV! After a short conversation he very kindly gave us permission "on this occasion only" to complete our walk as he had no wish to spoil our day. It was already not that wonderful as the rain had started several hours earlier than forecast and we were pretty wet.
So we continued but … the paths are not quite where they appear to be and several paths have been re-routed and turned into tracks suited to quite large vehicles. We were very pleased to have a GPS and good tracking system so we could relatively easily see where we were. Without this we could easily have become lost.
In spite of the weather this walk was quite enjoyable. It is really a bit of a shame that we will never be able to repeat it in the sunshine.
We saw several small herds of deer, some beautiful swathes of bluebells, a wide variety of trees, and a wonderful playground for paintball enthusiasts.
Do not attempt to do this walk for the following reasons.
1) It is on private woodland owned by the Drax Estate.
2) The paths are not where they are shown on the OS map.
The walk leader had failed to recognise that this is NOT an area where walkers can wander about as they please. The ONLY public route is along the marked Bridle path.
As we wandered along we were met by a gentleman, in the old fashioned sense of the word, who asked us if we were aware that we had strayed a long way off the bridle path. One of our band immediately recognised Richard Drax and said he missed him on the TV! After a short conversation he very kindly gave us permission "on this occasion only" to complete our walk as he had no wish to spoil our day. It was already not that wonderful as the rain had started several hours earlier than forecast and we were pretty wet.
So we continued but … the paths are not quite where they appear to be and several paths have been re-routed and turned into tracks suited to quite large vehicles. We were very pleased to have a GPS and good tracking system so we could relatively easily see where we were. Without this we could easily have become lost.
In spite of the weather this walk was quite enjoyable. It is really a bit of a shame that we will never be able to repeat it in the sunshine.
We saw several small herds of deer, some beautiful swathes of bluebells, a wide variety of trees, and a wonderful playground for paintball enthusiasts.
A good spot for the morning break
 Bluebells by the bridle path |  Paint ball playground |  Fallen larches |
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