A walk to Compton Abbas
The Leader
Nominally Trudy as the rest of us didn't want to volunteer
Who Turned Up
Trudy, Sue, Tony and Diane R, Tony and Beatrice H, David
The Walk
With abject apologies to those who live north of the Midlands (where it was tiddling down with heavy rain) we had a perfect day for a country walk. The skies were clear and the sun was shining. We also had enough of a breeze to keep us from getting too hot... well most of the time anyway. We parked by the village pond in pretty little Ashford village. That's reputed to be the highest village in Dorset. We then took the footpath through Shepherd's Bottom (yes, it seems he has one) and Fontmell Wood to Compton Abbas Aerodrome. Along the way we stopped to watch aerobatic aircraft from the airfield practising their distinctly dodgy manoeuvres. Rather them than us!
After lunch we walked over to Fontmell Down nature reserve and took the narrow path along the steeply pitched hillside. One or two people kept their eyes glued to the path for fear of falling down the steep hillside! We went a little farther than we normally go along that path and eventually came back out onto the Ashmore road. We followed the road until we got to Washer's Pit Coppice and then took the steep climb up to Ashmore Wood. From there it was a level walk back to the village. By now, people were stripping off their coats and jerseys as we were so hot from our exercise.
We finished off with tea and cakes courtesy of (and thanks to) Beatrice and Tony.
The Pub
No pub this week. We ate at the restaurant at Compton Abbas aerodrome. The food was good and plentiful and we got to watch the aircraft landing and taking off as we ate.
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