| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 30th November 2016 Tarrant Gunville Ray Ray, Clive, Peter 7 miles Cul-de-Sac opposite village hall Coach and Horses Wimborne ★★★★☆ |
This was the coldest morning for a very long time -4°C at home. Appropriately layered up we walked from our parking spot to the road that runs up by the church and then turned down the track that runs along the back of the houses. Turning left at the sewage works we headed to Harbin's Park Farm. There is a lovley old barn there which demanded a picture. The farmer very kindly offered to take a group photo for us and we had a good chat with him. The route from here to the road by Lime Pit Coppice is fairly easy to follow and after a short distance on the road the parallel track back south is well signed. We spotted an injured buzzard in the wood but he was still active enough to prevent us getting very close. Soon after this we stopped for soup, coffee and mince pies. It was lovely sitting in the quiet of the woods with the sun coming through the trees.
The trees have now lost many of their leaves and are starting to look quite barebut there is still enough colour here and there and the spindle trees make a real splash of bright pink in the hedgerows.
At Gunville Down we turned left and joined the Jubilee Trail that took us right back into the village.
We drove back to the Coach and Horses in Wimborne for lunch. This gets a high score because it is such good value for money. Two meals for under £10 with good sized helpings of gammon, two eggs, chips and peas and all decent quality. Well done Greene King.
A very pleasant walk with a few fairly muddy stretches that were helped by the frosty ground. It was otherwise easy walking with no styles and not much in the way of hills.
The trees have now lost many of their leaves and are starting to look quite barebut there is still enough colour here and there and the spindle trees make a real splash of bright pink in the hedgerows.
At Gunville Down we turned left and joined the Jubilee Trail that took us right back into the village.
We drove back to the Coach and Horses in Wimborne for lunch. This gets a high score because it is such good value for money. Two meals for under £10 with good sized helpings of gammon, two eggs, chips and peas and all decent quality. Well done Greene King.
A very pleasant walk with a few fairly muddy stretches that were helped by the frosty ground. It was otherwise easy walking with no styles and not much in the way of hills.
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