| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 4th June 2014 Durweston Rob Rob, Clive, Peter, Ray 7.3 miles Village Hall Lambs Green Inn ★★ |
Rob, Clive, Peter, Ray
It was a dull grey day and it poured with rain just as we turned into first field. Umbrellas were a necessity for Peter and Rob, Ray had left his at home and Clive likes getting wet. It slowed down by time we reached top and did not really bother us much after that just the occasional drizzle.
It is a steady climb through the fields from Durweston to the top of the ridge on a level with the appropriately named Travellers Rest around 320 feet above the road. We spotted fields full of opium poppies just starting to bud opposite Websley farm. An interesting opportunity for photography towards the end of the month maybe.
When we got to the Blandford Forest area we found that there was a track that was not marked on the map but ran along the edge and into Norton Wood. This turned out to be quite a challenge as there were many trees that had been up rooted in the storms earlier in the year and these were blocking the path in several places. A couple of the pictures below show how bad this was in places!
We stopped on the way home for lunch at The Lambs Green Inn. After hearing that the fish of the day was haddock we ordered three portions and they were excellent in both quality and quantity. As the menu said a whale of a fish.
It was a dull grey day and it poured with rain just as we turned into first field. Umbrellas were a necessity for Peter and Rob, Ray had left his at home and Clive likes getting wet. It slowed down by time we reached top and did not really bother us much after that just the occasional drizzle.
It is a steady climb through the fields from Durweston to the top of the ridge on a level with the appropriately named Travellers Rest around 320 feet above the road. We spotted fields full of opium poppies just starting to bud opposite Websley farm. An interesting opportunity for photography towards the end of the month maybe.
When we got to the Blandford Forest area we found that there was a track that was not marked on the map but ran along the edge and into Norton Wood. This turned out to be quite a challenge as there were many trees that had been up rooted in the storms earlier in the year and these were blocking the path in several places. A couple of the pictures below show how bad this was in places!
We stopped on the way home for lunch at The Lambs Green Inn. After hearing that the fish of the day was haddock we ordered three portions and they were excellent in both quality and quantity. As the menu said a whale of a fish.
 Opium in the raw |  Tree hugging |  Serious tree hugging |
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