The Plan
Meet at Beatrice and Tony's for a walk from Woodlands to Verwood.
The Leader
Trudy
Who Turned Up
Trudy, Wendy, Sue, Trisha, Beatrice, Diane and Tony R, David.
The Walk
This morning, while having breakfast, I switched on the television to get the day's weather forecast. The chart showed clear skies and sunshine to start the day in our part of Dorset. Outside the window, at the very same time, heavy rain was piddling down. With that in mind, we were very lucky to have a largely dry walk. We drove to Woodlands and set off on a two hour walk to Verwood. Our route took us through woodlands, across open fields and along country lanes. Along the way, we saw clover, buttercups and daisys, but no bluebells. Wrong time of the year. There was one unfortunate incident when Beatrice slipped on a muddy patch and fell on her bottom. It was fortunate that she landed on the cheeky part of her anatomy and no serious damage appears to have been done - except a bruise or two and a severe dent to Beatrice's confidence.
After lunch we took a shorter route back to Woodlands. We hadn't gone far before we saw an enormous fungus that was surprisingly undamaged. We photographed it and moved on. Ginny, Gareth and Tasha came part way with us, far enough to see the farmyard animals before we crossed the golf course. We had a few minutes light rain, but nothing serious. When we got to the wallaby farm we were disappointed to see no wallabys. Has Tesco's taken a large order for wallaby steaks, we asked ourselves.
At the end of the day, tea and cakes were provided at Beatrice and Tony's. The cakes were enjoyed by the two male walkers, but the members of Weightwatchers abstained.
The Pub
We lunched at The Albion in Verwood, where we were joined by Ginny, Gareth and Tasha. We have had very good meals here on previous occasions but something went a litle wrong today. Tony's breast of duck was very good, David's pie was good (bar some singeing on the top of the pasty) with tender melt-in-the-mouth steak. Unfortunately, the ladies of Weightwatchers - who diligently stuck to a simple meal of baked potato and filling - were disappointed. Their potatos were not up to standard and some had to be sent back. We shall want to see signs of an improvement before we go back again.
Meet at Beatrice and Tony's for a walk from Woodlands to Verwood.
The Leader
Trudy
Who Turned Up
Trudy, Wendy, Sue, Trisha, Beatrice, Diane and Tony R, David.
The Walk
This morning, while having breakfast, I switched on the television to get the day's weather forecast. The chart showed clear skies and sunshine to start the day in our part of Dorset. Outside the window, at the very same time, heavy rain was piddling down. With that in mind, we were very lucky to have a largely dry walk. We drove to Woodlands and set off on a two hour walk to Verwood. Our route took us through woodlands, across open fields and along country lanes. Along the way, we saw clover, buttercups and daisys, but no bluebells. Wrong time of the year. There was one unfortunate incident when Beatrice slipped on a muddy patch and fell on her bottom. It was fortunate that she landed on the cheeky part of her anatomy and no serious damage appears to have been done - except a bruise or two and a severe dent to Beatrice's confidence.
After lunch we took a shorter route back to Woodlands. We hadn't gone far before we saw an enormous fungus that was surprisingly undamaged. We photographed it and moved on. Ginny, Gareth and Tasha came part way with us, far enough to see the farmyard animals before we crossed the golf course. We had a few minutes light rain, but nothing serious. When we got to the wallaby farm we were disappointed to see no wallabys. Has Tesco's taken a large order for wallaby steaks, we asked ourselves.
At the end of the day, tea and cakes were provided at Beatrice and Tony's. The cakes were enjoyed by the two male walkers, but the members of Weightwatchers abstained.
The Pub
We lunched at The Albion in Verwood, where we were joined by Ginny, Gareth and Tasha. We have had very good meals here on previous occasions but something went a litle wrong today. Tony's breast of duck was very good, David's pie was good (bar some singeing on the top of the pasty) with tender melt-in-the-mouth steak. Unfortunately, the ladies of Weightwatchers - who diligently stuck to a simple meal of baked potato and filling - were disappointed. Their potatos were not up to standard and some had to be sent back. We shall want to see signs of an improvement before we go back again.
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