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Picket Post

24/1/2017

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25 January 2017
Picket Post
Clive (and friends)
Clive, Peter, Ray
7.5 miles
View Point car park
Queens Head  ★★★☆☆
It was very foggy this morning and so we dropped Clive’s first option at Blandford and headed up to Picket Post which reduced the driving considerably.  The visibility was around 30 yards or so and the wind was light but a little chilly.  Undaunted we set off to find the underpass and head down to wards Winford Bottom. ​ On the way we met some cows.
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 The path through Little Linford Inclosure was wet and muddy but when we emerged at Winford Bottom the ground was nicely frosted up and apart from a few tricky wet patches was not at all bad.  The paths wander around here a bit and it was good to have the maps on the iPad to help us keep track.
The fog was persistent in spite of the sun trying to peep through.  There were some small and some quite large areas of ice on the ponds and puddles. 
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The noise increased quite markedly as we got closer to the A341 and the stretch alongside the road seemed quite long.  We expected the underpass at every dip in the path but had to go up and down several before finding it.  On its walls we saw some interesting examples of graffiti art.
We were pleased to find a reasonable bit of fallen tree to sit on at Backley Holmes where we stopped for a rest.  A group of ponies obviously thought we might be a source of food for them and kept edging closer.  As Clive said they were like the moving statues from a scary episode of Dr Who!  The fog added nicely to the spooky feeling and it was still pretty dense.
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Underpass Art
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Feeling Lonely
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Lost?
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Backley Holmes
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The Sun Is Out The Sky Is Blue ...
Feeling refreshed we headed back to the main path which is almost like a road as it took us to Sir Dudley’s Ride.
Then surprise, surprise the fog started to clear, the sun burst through and blue sky appeared overhead.  We had all enjoyed the novelty of walking through the fog but it was good to finish the walk in the sunshine.
This week the map has a few points marked with a camera to show roughly where the pictures were taken.
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