Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 10 May 2017 Tarrant Gunville Ray Ray, Clive, Peter 8.4 miles Opposite the village hall Coach and Horses Wimborne ★★★☆☆ |
It's not too hard to guess that Hanging Coppice is quite a bit lower than Great Peaky Coppice and it is actually about a 200 foot climb. It seems to have taken quite a bit out of Clive! On the other hand, at this time of year at least, you are surrounded by bluebells all the way. We even managed to find some lovely wild orchids too, the early purple variety I think. Surprisingly they had enough puff left to - well you can see for yourself!
We stopped for our usual refreshments in Heron Grove Coppice surrounded by bluebells - all English! It was not really warm enough to get much of a scent from them which was a shame. The route we took is straightforward but ... the path shown on the map from Pimpernel Long Barrow to Home Farmdoes not seem to exist and we were told several years ago that it had beee re-routed. Battling through fully grown fields of rape would not be much fun either. Luckily the farmer has provided an excellent path. |
Still no teapots at the Coach and Horses.
A very pleasant day out in spite of there being rather more cloud than we had expected.