The Plan
The Leader
Wendy
Who Turned Up
Wendy,
Sue, Trudy H, David
The Walk
The
forecast cold weather has yet to reach us so we confidently set out for a nice
dry walk. We parked in the service road immediately alongside the A31 at St
Leonards. We then crossed over the footbridge to take us into the Avon Heath
Country Park – neatly avoiding the car park which is quite expensive. The walk
across the heath would have been very pleasant but for the flies. Trudy resorted to using an improvised face mask. Unfortunately, the cold
weather and northerly winds, guaranteed to drive them away, have yet to reach
us. To Trudy’s delight, however, we saw numerous rose hips and promised to pick them on
the return walk. Images of freshly made jam flashed before her eyes.After lunch we took the reverse route back to the Avon Heath car park where the best of the rose hips seemed to be. Because we delayed here to pick several bags of fruit, we took a shorter route back to the car.
ThePub
The
St Leonards Hotel. This is the one where wartime pilots signed their names on the wall. A small area has been glazed to preserve the signatures. Three of us had the carvery, which was very good value at
two courses for £5.95. One person had a nice ham steak. No complaints at all.
And no one had a pie.
Next Week
A
Dorchester walk. Please arrive at Wendy’s within a fifteen minute time slot:
not before 09.45 and not later than 10.00.
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