| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 7th December 2016 Horton Clive Clive, Peter, Ray 6.8 miles Beside St Wolfrida's Church Coach and Horses Wimborne ★★★★☆ |
 Holt Forest Lodge | It was a short stroll from our parking place and down the road before turning into the fields leading up towards Horton Tower. The path became increasingly muddy underfoot as we travelled through Fenrdown Forest but we managed quite well by walking in the woods to the side of the paths that had suffered from heavy hooved horses. There are numerous paths to choose on arriving at Holt Forest Lodge (House?) and it took a bit of time to find the right one! |
We were then having such an interesting discussion that we deviated from the footpath at Cutler's Farm inadvertently taking the main track down to the road. It was only a short walk past the school and then onto the clearly marked footpath leading up someone's drive. Alas the path then came to an abrupt end where the style was completely overgrown.
| Back to the road and a lttle further along we found another track that took us back to the footpath we wanted. There was another sign showing where the path that we abandoned came out. That was equally impenetrable. So we headed out across the fields getting desperate to find a spot for coffee and mince pies. Here we found a winner. A seat and table especially laid on for us. Clive's claims to have placed it out there yesterday were received with some scepticism. |  All Mod Cons? |
As Clive and Ray had both brought mince pies we were forced to eat two each! From here the paths were much easier to find. The seating arrangements around Uppington Farm deserve special mention as they provide excellent views across the valley and Hinton Martell. They may prove very welcome as it is a bit of a climb before reaching the attractive All Saints' Church at Chalbury. We then had a fairly easy walk back to the car though the path across the field and just west of the pond before reaching the eastern edge of Dukes Copse does not seem to be marked anywhere.
It was a good walking day, dry and just the right temperature. Clive did rather well to find several tracks that we had never been on before. In fact 3.6 miles of the 6.8 were on new territory.
It was a good walking day, dry and just the right temperature. Clive did rather well to find several tracks that we had never been on before. In fact 3.6 miles of the 6.8 were on new territory.
 Horton Tower |  Ancient Tree - Young Men |  All Saints' Church, Chalbury |  St Wolfrida's Church, Horton |
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