The Plan
Meet at David's for a walk in the forest.
The Leader
Trudy
Who Turned Up
Trudy, Wendy, Beatrice, Diane, Tony R, Trisha and David
The Walk
For once the met forecasters got it right. They said it would be a nice day and it was. We parked at the Verely car park in the New Forest and set off towards Burley. For our overseas readers I should explain that the New Forest is not new and much of it isn't forested. Which is why the start of the walk was over open heathland with views right down to the coast at Bournemouth. There was a spot of wind when we were at the highest point of the walk, but otherwise it was a very pleasant jaunt into Burley village. This is a classic New Forest spot with ponies roving wild through the streets. We had planned on eating at the Queen's Head but our walk brought us into the village alongside the Burley Inn. We had not eaten here before so decided to give it a try.
After lunch we set off on another route that took us through an area of impressive country houses, including one place which we decided would look ideal in an Agatha Christie murder mystery. We could just picture the maid screaming from a window, "The butler's killed 'is lordship!"
Unfortunately, a little farther on, the route Trudy planned was closed by logging operations so we had to make an unexpected detour and - let's be honest about it - were a little unsure of our position at times. But we were never lost. We always knew where we had come from and where we were going to. In the event Trudy decided that the detour was probably less arduous than the route she planned. We think we walked between 6.5 and 7 miles.
The Pub
The Burley Inn. This was somewhere new for us and a place to keep in mind for future walks. We sat in a dark part of the pub interior and next time we would choose the lighter annex. Those who had the cous cous were not impressed but the other meals were fine. David's pie was much appreciated. The disappointment came from not finishing Trisha's three crossword puzzles.
Meet at David's for a walk in the forest.
The Leader
Trudy
Who Turned Up
Trudy, Wendy, Beatrice, Diane, Tony R, Trisha and David
The Walk
For once the met forecasters got it right. They said it would be a nice day and it was. We parked at the Verely car park in the New Forest and set off towards Burley. For our overseas readers I should explain that the New Forest is not new and much of it isn't forested. Which is why the start of the walk was over open heathland with views right down to the coast at Bournemouth. There was a spot of wind when we were at the highest point of the walk, but otherwise it was a very pleasant jaunt into Burley village. This is a classic New Forest spot with ponies roving wild through the streets. We had planned on eating at the Queen's Head but our walk brought us into the village alongside the Burley Inn. We had not eaten here before so decided to give it a try.
After lunch we set off on another route that took us through an area of impressive country houses, including one place which we decided would look ideal in an Agatha Christie murder mystery. We could just picture the maid screaming from a window, "The butler's killed 'is lordship!"
Unfortunately, a little farther on, the route Trudy planned was closed by logging operations so we had to make an unexpected detour and - let's be honest about it - were a little unsure of our position at times. But we were never lost. We always knew where we had come from and where we were going to. In the event Trudy decided that the detour was probably less arduous than the route she planned. We think we walked between 6.5 and 7 miles.
The Pub
The Burley Inn. This was somewhere new for us and a place to keep in mind for future walks. We sat in a dark part of the pub interior and next time we would choose the lighter annex. Those who had the cous cous were not impressed but the other meals were fine. David's pie was much appreciated. The disappointment came from not finishing Trisha's three crossword puzzles.
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