The Wednesday Walk 24th March 2009

The Plan

A walk across St Catherine's Hill

The Leader

Trudy

Who Turned Up

Trudy, Ros, Trisha, Sue, Wendy, Beatrice and Tony H, Diane and Tony R, David

The Walk

We were lucky today - a nice antidote to the fog of last week's walk. The weather was especially organised to stay dry until we had completed this walk. Thank you, weathermen. We even saw some signs of blue sky and sunshine, and it was warm, with temperatures somewhere between 15 and 18 degrees. In short, spring has finally (belatedly) arrived in Dorset. We parked the cars at the usual spot just off the Fairmile Road and set off towards the Avon Causeway. The ground was a bit marshy in places, but we had a generally pleasant walk until we came across some gorse burning and made a detour to avoid being overwhelmed by smoke. Because of the temperature, several walkers had discarded their outer coats by now. We were early arriving at the pub but were content to sit outside and wait. The railway attractions outside the pub occupied the attention of the male walkers.

After lunch we took a different route back to the cars. Along the way we came across a pony carriage (see Trudy's photo). Once again the going was good, just a small area of marshy ground, and the air was nicely warm. Once again we made a point of avoiding the smoke from the bonfires. We finished off with tea and muffins at Trudy's house. Thanks, Trudy.

The Pub

The Avon Causeway. It was not very busy, whcih was surprising as the food was very good. Even the tea and coffee came in for special commendation. Yes, Sue agreed that it was the best cup of pub tea she had tasted.

Next Week

Meet at Bea and Tony's for a walk to Damerham.