The Wednesday Walk 28th January 2009

The Plan
We will do Trudy's Rockbourne walk and have lunch at the Cartwheel Inn at Whitbury

The Leader
Trudy / Wendy

Who Turned Up
Wendy, Trudy, Sue and David (morning only)

The Walk
In view of a forecast of bad weather, the planned walk to Rockbourne was cancelled. On the day, the majority of the rain had passed by so it was decided to walk from Ferndown to West Moors via the woodland path. Only four walkers were available and they met at David's. The walk was wet underfoot and, as we had time in hand, we extended it beyond West Moors along the Castleman Trailway.
Over lunch at the Elephant and Castle, the group discovered that they were all medically unfit and they had no 'minder' to watch over them this week.
Wendy's wrist is still not back to normal and Sue still has her arm in plaster. Trudy was still feeling the effects of her recent fall but, nevertheless, after lunch all three ladies walked back to Ferndown. David had to leave early, for a hospital appointment.

The Pub
The Elephant and Castle, West Moors. The three ladies each had a £4.95 two-course meal (which seemed good value) and David had a shepherd's pie in deference to the stitches in his mouth. (see - I told you we were all medically unfit!)

The Wednesday Walk 21st January 2009

The Plan
Meet at Wendy's house at 10 am. We will be walking from the house to Upton Park.

The Leader
Wendy

Who Turned Up
Wendy, Ros, Sue and David

The Walk
We met at Wendy's house and left our cars there. The walk took us across Upton Heath along the old disused railway track. Along the way we met a lady who Sue remembered from her school days. She showed us a detour that gave us a longer walk across the heath. We didn't put on our walking boots at the start as we expected a reasonably easy walk. In the event it turned out somewhat wetter than we anticipated. Nevertheless, it was a pleasant woodland walk, made all the more enjoyable by being so close to home.

Tricia and Trudy joined us for lunch and did a short walk around the Upton House grounds afterwards. From there, three walkers set out on the route back past the Creekmoor Ponds (Sue took a lift with Tricia). We ended up with tea and biscuits at Wendy's house, again joined by Trudy, Tricia and Sue.

The Pub

Not a pub this week. We had lunch at the Peacock Restaurant at Upton House. Although the restaurant had no pies, we all enjoyed an inexpensive meal in pleasant surroundings. This restaurant deserves the good trade it gets because it employes disabled people. Maybe it was appropriate that we went went there: Wendy (with her injured wrist), Tricia (with her bad leg), Sue (with her broken arm), Trudy (with her gashed shin), David (with his sprained ankle) and Ros (who did a sterling job as the minder).

The Wednesday Walk 14th January 2009

The Plan
To meet at Brian's and walk from Boscome to Bournemouth along the sea front

The Leader
Wendy

Who Turned Up
Wendy, Brian, Beatrice, Tony, Sue, Trisha and David

The Walk
This was the second walk of 2009 so we are still getting into our stride after the Christmas break. We met at Brian's house and drove to Boscombe. By parking at the end of Knyveton Road, we were able to walk through the gardens down to the shore. After a walk out along Boscombe pier, we strolled gently along the sea front to Bournemouth pier. After lunch, we walked up to the cliff top and then back to Boscome. A pleasant walk in the sunshine, albeit that the air was calm but chilly.

The Pub
No pub this week. We ate at Harry Ramsden's fish and chip emporium near Bournemouth pier. The food was good and... wait for it... they had a pie on the menu!