The New Forest from Minstead
The Leader
Trudy
Who Turned Up
Trudy, Wendy, Ros, Trudy (1), Trudy (2), Diane and Tony R, David
The Walk
It was a good day for a forest walk, not too hot and not too cold. We parked as usual in Minstead village. We then took the beautiful olde worlde country paths and lanes to the north of the village before diving off into woodland. Here we saw two deer who were frightened into running away. We continued throught the woods until we came to the walkway beneath the A31 dual carriageway. On the other side of the road we paused to read the history of the Rufus Stone and then walked on to the Walter Tyrell pub. Up to this point the sky was blue with just a few fluffy clouds.
After lunch we found more cloud cover, but the air was still warm and most of the group had to divest themselves of outer clothing. We took a different underpass beneath the A31 on a route that by-passed Furzey Gardens. We stopped at Minstead village church to look at Thomas White's gravestone (the one who had his 'faithful' cut off) and the Lord of the Manor's pew (with its fireplace and back door). From there it was a short hop back to the cars.
The Pub
The Sir Walter Tyrell. Full marks to the staff for opening up an extra room when they found they didn't have a table for eight in the main dining room. Let it be known that the chicken, ham and leak pie was excellent and received a very good accolade from the pie eater. The only complaint conerned the coffee. One of our number inspected it and turned it down on behalf of the others.
Next Week
Numbers will be short as too many of us are on holiday or otherwise engaged. The remaining few are asked to please organise amongst yourselves.
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