| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 30th October 2013 Rockford Common Peter Peter, Clive, Ray, Rob. 7.1 miles Good parking by the ford at Moyles Court. Alternative Car Park marked on map. The Original White Hart ★ |
Overall another very good walk on a fine day.
It was raining when we arrived but a ten minutes sitting in the car the weather cleared and the sun started to shine. It was bright with quite a lot of cloud for the rest of the day. By 2pm there was a bit of a breeze and it had become noticeably colder.
The walk starts with a short but steep climb up onto the top of Rockford Common. Looking back towards the west there is a good view over Blashford Lake.
It is not always easy to spot the correct path across the common so it is important to constantly keep track using a gps or map and compass.
At SU 1822 0735 there is a gate into Great Linford Inclosure. The plan was to turn left onto the cycle track but the ground was not too wet so we walked across the Inclosure and out through a second gate at SU 1846 0761 and then walked along the edge of the wood parallel to Linford Brook.
We stopped for coffee at the FB where there was good seating.
We continued along this path which was gettingg quite wet underfoot but not too difficult until nearing the end of Roe Inclosure we headed back onto the cycle path. We stayed on this cycle track until we reached Amie's Corner where we headed back into the woods. The paths across this section are again difficult to follow and a gps is a great help.
The path improves towards the west of Appleslade Inclosure and there are some excellent views on reaching the high ground on Red Shoot Plain.
Some more careful navigation is needed to keep on the right paths back to Moyles Court.
Lunch at The Original White Hart in Ringwood. Two meals for £10 was definately good value but is not somewhere that we are likely to return to too often. Meals served until 5pm which is also a plus point.
It was raining when we arrived but a ten minutes sitting in the car the weather cleared and the sun started to shine. It was bright with quite a lot of cloud for the rest of the day. By 2pm there was a bit of a breeze and it had become noticeably colder.
The walk starts with a short but steep climb up onto the top of Rockford Common. Looking back towards the west there is a good view over Blashford Lake.
It is not always easy to spot the correct path across the common so it is important to constantly keep track using a gps or map and compass.
At SU 1822 0735 there is a gate into Great Linford Inclosure. The plan was to turn left onto the cycle track but the ground was not too wet so we walked across the Inclosure and out through a second gate at SU 1846 0761 and then walked along the edge of the wood parallel to Linford Brook.
We stopped for coffee at the FB where there was good seating.
We continued along this path which was gettingg quite wet underfoot but not too difficult until nearing the end of Roe Inclosure we headed back onto the cycle path. We stayed on this cycle track until we reached Amie's Corner where we headed back into the woods. The paths across this section are again difficult to follow and a gps is a great help.
The path improves towards the west of Appleslade Inclosure and there are some excellent views on reaching the high ground on Red Shoot Plain.
Some more careful navigation is needed to keep on the right paths back to Moyles Court.
Lunch at The Original White Hart in Ringwood. Two meals for £10 was definately good value but is not somewhere that we are likely to return to too often. Meals served until 5pm which is also a plus point.
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