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Hod and Hambledon Hills

4/5/2016

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4th May 2016
Shroten
Rob
Rob, Peter, Ray
6.6 miles
​Church Car Park
​Lambs Green Inn  ★★★★☆ (very full pots of tea)
The lay-by car park opposite the church has become a proper enclosed area but was still ideal as a starting point for this walk with plenty of free space.
The steep climb to the top of Hambledon Hill did not seem as bad as all that and it wa a beautiful sunny day with excellent views across Iwerne Minster.
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On The Way Up Hambledon Hill
On reaching the top we turned south and joined the Stour Valley Way.  This meant that having climbed to 626 ft above sea level we promptly went down again to 118 ft above sea level.  For folk who don't like hills that's a bit sadistic!   This took us into Stourpaine where we found a very comfortable bench in the church grounds so we sat in the sun and had some refreshments. 
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Curved Walls In Stourpaine
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On Hod Hill
There are many interesting buildings in Stourpaine some quite magnificent and this one with very bulging walls.  The curved buttress shows this particularly well.
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​On leaving Stourpaine we were of course faced with another climb to the Roman Fort on Hod Hill.



We didn't look to exhausted by the time we reached the top but pausing for a photo is one good way of having a rest.

We had by now climbed back to 408 ft above sea level and keen observers may notice that we had missed the path and had to retrace our steps -  but not too far.

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It was great to see the hill covered in bright yellow Cowslips which were just about reaching their best this week.

We drove back to The Lambs Green Inn, for lunch where we had the thick cut bacon with two eggs chips and peas.  Very good it was too.  We were also impressed with the very full pots of tea. 



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Cowslips
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