Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 15th July 2015 Durweston Rob Rob, Clive, Peter, Ray Somewhere between 6.8 and 8.1 miles Haycombe Lambs Green Inn ★★ |
From the car we walked along Church Lane and down to the A357 before turning up Norton Lane and as you can see I do mean up. There is a nice little car park at the top of Norton Lane but it's true it is not the most secure parking place around.
We followed the path through Norton Wood stopping now and again to pick a few of the abundant wild raspberries which were delicious. Unfortunately this path came to an abrupt end and we had to backtrack for a short distance. Our new path then became blocked by a fallen tree but knowing how tough we all are our leader decided to push on regardless.
In the spirit of fair play I should add that in spite of the mountains the walk was very pleasant passing through some lovely woodland and alongside open fields some of which had their boundaries lined with protected areas for wild life and full of wild flowers.
We went back to what is becoming a favourite place for a late lunch, the Lambs Green Inn, where we had a good lunch and some more lively banter.