A leisurely stroll from Wimborne to Pamphill
The Leaders
A joint effort
Who Turned Up
Beatrice and Tony, Wendy, Ros, Trudy, David (joined by Trisha and Sue for lunch)
The Walk
After last week's rain, today was ideal for walking. It was very cold, but the sun was shining. We wrapped up warm and set off with the will to enjoy the day. We left our cars parked in Wimborne and walked straight to the cafe at the mill for a cup of coffee / tea. It was probably an unwise move as it put our timing out, but it was - as I said - a cold day and we hadn't yet realised how far we had to walk. Suitably refreshed, we headed across the fields to High Hall. From there we branched left towards unknown territory in the direction of Badbury Rings. I mention the words 'unknown territory' as we knew the general area but not the detail of this particular walk... and no one had a map. It must be emphasised that it was a brilliant walk and a great day for walking but we found ourselves on a country road and didn't really understand where it went. Inevitably, we found ourselves in a field with no way out and had to double back. That was where Wendy took the bull by the horns, stopped a passing motorist and asked where we were. With our gyros now realigned we set off again on the right path. It was now close to the time we were due to meet Trisha and Sue at the Pamphill cafe for lunch, and we couldn't get a signal on our mobile phones. We plodded on - still enjoying the country air - and arrived at the cafe about 55 minutes later than planned.
Sue joined us for the walk after lunch. We were now on home ground as we made our way through Pamphill and down to the River Stour. The photo above shows the sunlight casting its magic over the aumtumn leaves on the trees on this stretch of the walk. We followed a path alongside the river until we came back into Wimborne. Beatrice had driven ahead and had some very welcome cakes and tea waiting for us.
The Cafe
Pamphill Farm. Despite our late arrival the food was good and they had a very good home-made steak and kidney pie. No prizes for guessing who had that!
Important
Meet next week at 1030 at the main gate car park at Upton House for a walk on Upton Heath.
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