A walk to East Knighton
The Leader
Wendy
Who Turned Up
(All day) Wendy, Jackie, Trisha, Ros, Trudy, Tony R and Diane
(Afternoon) add Sue, Daniel, Sophie and David
(Lunch) add Beatrice and Tony H
The Walk
Everything was different this week. For a start, the weather was beautiful, a complete contrast to last week's heavy rain. Secondly, we had more people turn up - thirteen at lunchtime. Thirdly, we were bothered by road congestion getting to the start point. Finally, lunch was not as good as last week, but more of that later.
The good weather probably gave us a false sense of optimism, convincing us it was going to be a very good walk. We should have known better. It all started to go wrong with a motor accident on the A325 blocking the road from Wareham to Wool. We all had to find our way through congested diversionary routes resulting in the morning walkers getting lost and arriving late at the pub.
With two cars arriving directly at the pub, and with those drivers planning on the afternoon walk only, we had a logistics problem. Wendy solved it by devising a roundabout afternoon walk that took us across the heath at Winfrith and then back to the pub. A shuttle was then arranged to take the morning drivers back to their cars.
The walk was, in itself, very pleasant but sadly marred by the unfortunate occurences... including the food.
The Pub
The Countryman Pub at East Knighton. We must be careful what we say here in case we are accused of lible. Let's sart by saying that the chicken and ham pie was very good. The salad was also pretty good. But what about the rest. Sadly, several people had to complain that their food was below par. On top of that, the service was very poor, resulting in a long wait for the food. This was a disappointment as we have had good meals here in the past. Can't win 'em all, I suppose.
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