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Godlingston Heath

29/7/2015

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29th July 2015
Godlingston Heath, just west of Studland Bay
Peter
Peter, Clive, Ray
7 miles
By the side of Ferry Road, close to bus stop and entrance to Greenlands Farm
Toby Carvery Fleetsbridge  ★▲
Almost unbelievable ..... but I forgot my camera and so the pictures were taken with an iPhone.

It's quite a while since we last visited this area that provides a mix of open heathland and coniferous woodland.  In fact my last record walk here is back in 2010, surprising since it is so close by.  On the other hand it means either taking the ferry or driving round by Corfe Castle.  We chose to do the latter to avoid getting caught up with the grockles.
The plan had been to take the track past Greenlands Farm and follow it taking the left fork.  Unfortunately the map is a little misleading because this is NOT a track it is a well made up tarmac road.   Not wishing to turn this into a route designed by the AA we decided to carry straight on and walk along some more adventurous paths.  This worked out well until we hit a rather boggy area before getting back to the road.
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Eventually we found a way round, joined the road for a short section and then turned back onto forest tracks.  None of us had come across Burnbake Campsite before but it looked very interesting.  They say:
"We are a turn up and pitch site for tents and campervans, we do not have marked pitches and thus we do not take bookings, except for the Spring and August Bank Holidays."
They also have some attractive looking wooden chalets.  This is not an advert or a recommendation!
Looking at the map it appears that the path from Kingwood Heath to Newton Heath would be through some reasonably dense woodland.  It was some time ago but is not anymore.  There has been an extensive logging exercise here and a lot of this ground is now open heath - or getting that way.  This has exposed some of the trees along the stream on the eastern side of Newton Heath, to the wind and they have suffered as a result.
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After some debate about a good place for lunch we settled on the Toby at Fleetsbridge which had apparently had some recent changes.  It was better than our last visit and at £6 is pretty good value but not wonderful.
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Where have all the trees gone?
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