The Wareham Walls
The Leader
Wendy
Who Turned Up
Wendy, Trudy, Tony and Diane R, David. Jackie joined us for lunch.
The Walk
The air was chilly to start with but the sun was out and we looked forward to a pleasant walk. We chose the Wareham Walls with a pit stop at the King's Arms. This is an old seventeenth century pub used by Cromwell's troops in the siege of Corfe Castle. We parked in Wareham near the police station - didn't ask them to keep an eye on the vehicle. Then we climbed up onto the old medieval walls and made our way down towards the River Piddle. This is the smaller of the two rivers that enclose Wareham town. Our route brought us round to the Bestwell Walls and from here we branched off through North Bestwell Wood. At the far end of the track we curved round onto the return route which runs past the lakes. At this point we walked between the lakes and the River Frome. We came back into Wareham by the church and then walked across the bridge to Stoborough for lunch.
After lunch we walked down Melancholy Lane and, after some wandering and roving came out at Redclyffe. From there it was only a short walk back to Wareham and an ice cream on the quay.
Tea and cakes were kindly supplied by Diane and Tony.
The Pub
The King's Arms at Stoborough. We were pleased to see Jackie join us at lunchtime. The pub food was good but we wondered if we were put in the bar rather than the restaurant because we not posh enough for the favoured clients. The idea persisted when David's pie didn't appear until after others had finished their meal.
Next Week
Meet at Wendy's.
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