The Wednesday Walk 3rd December 2008

The Plan
Meet at David's for one of Brian's New Forest walks. We will be lunching at the Forester's so the pies should be well up to scratch.

The Leader
Brian

Who Turned Up
Brian, Wendy, Sue, Pam (with Archie), Trudy and David

The Walk
Despite attrocious conditions in the north of the UK, we were blessed with a measure of sunshine and blue skies. The air was cold, but that only made the walk more invigorating. We parked at our usual spot near the Forester's Inn at Frogham and set out across the forest's high ground. The cold, crisp weather made the views over the valleys and distant forest more attractive. We arrived back at the pub just before they opened at noon and were joined shortly after by Tony and Beatrice. After lunch we set out through Frogham village and then onto another of Brian's moorland walks. By now we were ready to walk off some of the effects of a heavy lunch. A few clouds drifted over but, by and large, it was another bright walk. We saw deer towards the end of the afternoon but they were too far from us to get some satisfactory photographs. Nevertheless, Trudy's pictures again do justice to the walk. Beatrice and Tony met us again at David's for tea and cakes.

The Pub

The Foresters at Frogham. As usual, David was first at the counter to get his share of the famous Forester's pies. He expressed himself well contented. Wendy and Pam had one pie between them and were equally well contented. Sadly, we didn't quite finish the crossword.