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Winterborne Kingston

18/5/2017

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18 May 2017
Winterborne Kingston
Peter
Peter, Clive, Ray
7.2 miles
Church Street
Lambs Green Inn  ★★★☆☆


Wednesday’s dreadful forecast prompted us to whimp out and walk on Thursday this week.  A good decision as it turned out.  The day started bright and sunny, gradually clouded over by mid-day and just started to spot with rain after we left the pub.
This walk is quite easy going.  I think there is just one style, there are virtually no hills and the route is fairly easy to follow.  After wet weather some parts of the track would be difficult but Wednesday’s rain had not had too bad an effect and we didn’t meet any really bad areas.
We parked close in to the wall of St Nicholas church in Church Street.  A better place would have been the furthest point of Broad Close where there is plenty of room.  After a short walk on the road along East Street we were onto the course of the Roman Road and out into the green countryside.  In fact the lasting impression of this walk is just how green everything is at this time of year.
Even Ray's jelly were green, specially supplied by Lisa from Westbourne's Fair Trader our favourite newsagents.
The wooded areas provide some nice variety between the expansive views provided for most of the walk.  The bluebells were virtually over now but green alkanes and campion provided some contrasting colour along the edges of the paths.
The whole route is well marked with perhaps two points worth watching out for.  On the outward section the path kicks to the right and along the edge of the field beside the drive to Abbot’s Court Farm.  On the last section coming back into Winterborne Kingston you cross the broad track leading to Abbot’s Court Dairy and the path goes diagonally across the field eventually leading into Broad Close.
It is worth looking in the church if only to see the beautifully decorated organ pipes.
We had lunch back at the Lambs Green Inn where the chicken pie was up to the usual standard.

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The Roman Road
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A Sea Of Green
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Green Alkanet And Campion
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Looking Over Charlton Down From The Edge Of Little Coll Wood
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St Nicholas Church
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St Nicholas' Organ
1 Comment
Ray Burn
22/5/2017 09:30:35 am

as peter has pointed out we gave wednesday a miss because of the weather forcast,What a good move that turned out to be.The walk was really good with some lovely panaramic views in all directions, a real pleasure to be outdoors.It's my turn to arrange the walk next week so I hope it turns out as good.

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