The Wednesday Walk 17th December 2008

The Plan
We will meet at the "sunken" car park near Avon Beach. The meeting time will be 1045 as we anticipate only an hour's walk. We will then have our Christmas lunch at the Globe in Highcliffe.

The Leader
Trudy

Who Turned Up
Congratulations to Trudy who was the only one who turned up for the walk.

The Pub
We had planned on sixteen turning up for our annual Christmas lunch. Thirteen made it to the starting line. Sue was there with her broken arm. Trisha was there on a walking stick. And Beatrice was now walking unaided after her fall. Sadly, Wendy was too ill to come, and Ros and Pete were held back with Pete's recent hospitalisation. The rest of us were in seemingly reasonable health and certainly enjoyed ourselves. Crackers and jokes abounded and plates were emptied. It was a good party to end our year of Dorset walking.

The Future
The Wednesday Walkers blog will now close for three weeks as the blogmaster will be on the high seas to The Caribbean. Look out for details of our next advertised walk, which should be on the 14th January 2009. A very Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy New Year.

The Wednesday Walk 10th December 2008

The Plan
We will meet at Whitecliff for a walk into Poole. Note that the meeting time will be 10.30 for this walk.

The Leader
Wendy

Who Turned Up
Wendy, Trudy, Beatrice, Tony and David.

The Walk
One again, the met men have done us proud. We had another crystal clear day. The air was cold, but invigorating, and the sky was devoid of cloud.

We met at the Whitecliff car park and then walked along the harbour-side path to Poole Quay. We stopped for a photograph at the new Baden Powell memorial statue on the quay. B-P set up the first boy scout camp on nearby Brownsea island, the largest island in Poole Harbour.

A wander up the High Street took us to The Real China restaurant. Beatrice did well for her first walk since her accident, keeping up with the group all the way to the restaurant.

After lunch, we walked through Poole Park on our way back to Whitecliff. Once again, it was sunny and clear, but still a little cold. All-in-all, it was a very pleasant walk: not too demanding, but good for our constitutions.

The Pub

Not a pub, today. We ate at the Real China Restaurant where the offer is: as much as you can eat for £5.95. David did not find a pie but he went back for a second helping so it couldn't ahve been bad. The food here has the look of real Chinese food but it tastes infinitely better.