The Wednesday Walk on 16th July 2008

The Plan
To meet at Wendy's house and do the walk cancelled from the 9th.

The Leader
Wendy (morning) and Ros (afternoon)

Who Turned Up
Wendy, Ros, Diane, Beatrice, Sue, Trudy, Trisha and David

The Walk
We parked in the NT car park beside the Bankes Arms. We had no intention of using the pub as it is too expensive. Instead we took a pleasant walk towards the NT cafe beside the Knoll Beach car park. On the way we diverted along the Woodhouse Wood Walk which climbed up steeply at the start and dropped steeply at the end. It brought us out close to where we began the detour. Altogether, this was a nice walk with some picturesque views of the harbour. After lunch, Ros led us along a walk around Studland Heath, taking in the hide where we were able to watch the birds life on the lake. The walk also took in an ice cream stop and a stroll along the beach where Trudy paddled her feet. The weather was good and the whole walk was greatly enjoyed.

The Pub
Not a pub this time. Instead, we ate at the NT cafe. Six of the team ate healthy salad meals. David set out to have a healthy fish pie but was persuaded to take an all-day breakfast instead. Sue also had the all-day breakfast. The prices were very reasonable. The only minor niggles were that David had no fish pie and Diane had no butter on her bacon roll. The serving wench wanted to charge her extra for a small pat of butter!