| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 4th March 2015 Bloxworth Ray Ray, Peter, Rob 8.4 miles Beside Bloxworth Church - there is not a lot of room here. St Peter's Finger Lytchett Minster ★★ |
From the church we headed east along the road before turning through a gate and into a field. The path then winds around a bit before coming out onto the A35. A short distance before the road there is a house which has several very noisy dogs which fortunately always seem to be housed in a strong cage. They can however be a bit unnerving. Having braved this we went straight across the road and followed the footpath that eventually joins up with the Wareham Forest Way a little before Woolsbarrow Fort. We took a little detour to climb to the top of the fort from where we had a good view of the surrounding countryside. Look as we might we couldn't spot any Romans.
We then turned east off the Wareham Forest Way to go out onto Morden Heath just to add a little to the distance. It was a lovely bright day and we were feeling energetic. We also found a pleasant spot to stop for our morning break. This gave Peter an opportunity to play with another gadget enabling him to take pictures remotely by connecting his camera and phone by Wi-Fi. Picture below! Crossing the Wareham Forest Way we walked along side the Wareham Forest Tourist Park which looks very pleasant. This was the only part of the route that was quite wet underfoot.
At Stroud Bridge we turned back to the north to head passed Woolsbarrow Fort again this time to the west of it. To avoid walking along the A35 we took to some of the smaller footpaths that were a little narrow and muddy in places but not too bad. Back on a more major path it was easy to find our way back to the church passing some lovely displays of snowdrops en route.
Lunch at the St Peter's Finger was reasonable but not special. They are open for food all day.
We then turned east off the Wareham Forest Way to go out onto Morden Heath just to add a little to the distance. It was a lovely bright day and we were feeling energetic. We also found a pleasant spot to stop for our morning break. This gave Peter an opportunity to play with another gadget enabling him to take pictures remotely by connecting his camera and phone by Wi-Fi. Picture below! Crossing the Wareham Forest Way we walked along side the Wareham Forest Tourist Park which looks very pleasant. This was the only part of the route that was quite wet underfoot.
At Stroud Bridge we turned back to the north to head passed Woolsbarrow Fort again this time to the west of it. To avoid walking along the A35 we took to some of the smaller footpaths that were a little narrow and muddy in places but not too bad. Back on a more major path it was easy to find our way back to the church passing some lovely displays of snowdrops en route.
Lunch at the St Peter's Finger was reasonable but not special. They are open for food all day.
 Taking a break and a picture |  This way |  Still no Romans |  Bloxworth Church |
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