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Wood's Corner, near Burley

4/10/2017

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4 October 2017
Wood's Corner
​Peter, Ray
6.75 miles
Car Park just outside Burley
TableTable at Lynton Court, Bournemouth.  ★★★★☆  a special deal!
We first walked along Sir Dudley's Ride back in March 2014 on one of Clive's walks.  It's a shame he could not be with us today.
The plan was to walk through the woods provided it was dry enough and only resort to cycle tracks if the woods and fire breaks were too muddy.  The paths are not that clear from Wood's Corner to Sir Dudley's Ride but with autumn starting to change the colours of the trees it makes it worth the effort. 
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Near Wood's Corner
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Porcelain Fungi
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Sir Dudley's Ride
It was a bit wet in places but not too bad and we even had time to look up which enables us to spot a small group of porcelain fungi.  They seem so delicate and almost translucent.
It was very noticeable how chilly the wind was when we became a bit exposed on the edge of the wood but immediately became considerably warmer as soon as we went back into the woods. 
We found a handy fallen tree trunk in Beech Bed Inclosure to sit on for a break just before joining the cycle track and crossing Blackensford Brook.  We the cut down another fire break to Anderwood Cottage.
Previous experience told us that it would be wise to stick to the cycle track through Dames Slough Inclosure which can be very boggy after as bit of rain so we took the easy option through to Burley New Inclosure.
There is a nice wide verge alongside the relatively quiet Lynhurst Road and this took us back to Wood's Corner.
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The Memorial
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Autumn Is Upon Us
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Break Time
Lunch was at TableTable at the Lynton Court in Bournemouth.  They had kindly sent both of us several 40% off vouchers.  That was an offer we could not turn down and it made the Haddock and chips excellent value. 
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Ray
10/10/2017 01:39:10 am

A really good walk,during which we were lucky to see a large brown owl fly past us followed a little later by meeting up with alarge stag which just stood watching us before trotting off into the woods. Things like that make being out walking such a pleasure. Long may it last.Ray.

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Peter
10/10/2017 08:56:55 am

Thanks for the reminder Ray. How could I have failed to mention the wild life? The stag had quite magnificent antlers. Not something we see very week!

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