The Plan
Depending upon the weather, we will walk at either Kimmerage or St Catherine's Hill. Wendy has kindly agreed to promulgate the final choice by e-mail on Tuesday afternoon. If you don't pick up the e-mail, give her a call on Wednesday morning.
The Leader
Wendy
Depending upon the weather, we will walk at either Kimmerage or St Catherine's Hill. Wendy has kindly agreed to promulgate the final choice by e-mail on Tuesday afternoon. If you don't pick up the e-mail, give her a call on Wednesday morning.
The Leader
Wendy
Who Turned Up
Wendy, Sue, Ros, Trudy, Pam (with Archie), Brian and David
The Walk
It was another beautiful walking day. We drove down to Kimmeridge and parked at the old quarry car park about half a mile above the village. Then we walked across the fields in the direction of the army firing range. This was one of their practice days on the ranges and we heard the gun shots in the distance. At the first sight of a red flag (warning of an army firing range ahead) we turned sharp left towards the coast. We had one steep hill to negotiate, but it was all downhill and we found three different ways down. We continued across the fields towards the shore, finding it a bit muddy in places, until we reached the car park at Kimmeridge Bay. From here, Ros and Trudy took Archie for a walk up to Clavell's Tower. The rest of us gave in to our tummies and headed back to the tea rooms at Kimmeridge. They had no pies, but the food was good and the atmosphere in the tea rooms was very pleasant. Three people (no names) were encouraged to have a sweet to round off the meal. We were all well satisfied with the food - a big improvement on last week. In the afternoon, we drove back to Corfe Castle and walked along the path from the Heritage Centre to the village.
All in all, it was a very pleasant, sunny day and an enjoyable walk. We ended up with tea, biscuits and home-made cake at Sue's house.
The Pub
No pub this week, Instead, we visited Clavell's tea shop in Kimmeridge village. The village is old and quaint and the tea shop is nicely in keeping with the local atmosphere. The food was good and reasonably priced. The toilets were immaculate. When they forgot to charge us for our drinks, we did the decent thing and pointed it out to the serving lady.
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