The Wednesday Walk 18th December 2013

The Plan

Our Christmas lunch

Who Walked

Ros, Trudy B, Wendy, Jackie, Pat and Sue

Who Dined

The above plus Trudy H, Brian and Pam, Beatrice and Tony, Angela, Barbara, Diane and Tony, Lew and David

The Walk

The six walkers met at Canford School and walked the trailway into Wimborne where they stopped for coffee before continuing to the pub for lunch. After lunch, rain stopped play so the six were given lifts back to their cars.

The Pub

The Coach and Horses. Before eating we were delighted to be approached by members of the Wimborne Over-the-hill Walkers (WOW). They introduced themselves and admitted to reading our blogs. You’re very welcome to read on, guys. It was nice to meet a group with similar interests. Lunch was a very pleasant gathering with good company, good chat and a good meal.

The Next Walk

No walk on Christmas Day. Meet at David’s on 30^th December for a Breamore walk.

Blatant Plug to the Wimborne Group

One of our members is a novelist. His latest WW1 novel (In Foreign Fields) today reached number 29 in Amazon UK’s list of top one hundred war novels. Find out more at: www.thenovelsofdavidhough.com and let your friends know what Dorset walkers can achieve.

 

The Wednesday Walk 4th December 2013

The Plan
A walk from Lytchett Minster to Lytchett Matravers

The Leader

Wendy

Who Turned Up

Wendy, Jackie, Trisha and David (and Sue for lunch)

The Walk

It was a good day for a winter ramble. The air was mild enough for us to open our coats as we walked. We parked at the roadside in “Conker Lane” - the road near St Peter’s Finger where we gathered conkers not so long ago. From there we walked across country to Foxhills Lane, followed it for only a short distance, and then turned back onto the footpath that took us up to Lytchett Matravers. The route was quiet and the going was generally good. Our only quibble was the state of some of the stiles. They need repair. Along the way we met a countryman with a box of ferrets who warned us of wild boar in the adjacent woodland.
After lunch we took a shorter route back, cutting out Foxhills Lane.  Sorry, no photographs this week as we were short of our two experienced photographers.

The Pub

The Rose and Crown in Lytchett Matravers. Sue joined us for lunch, arriving by car only minutes after we walked into the pub. The menu included wild boar and apple faggots which were very tasty. Only one walker chose a dessert which also turned out to be very tasty.

Next Week

Meet at Delft Woods at 1030.
Anyone missing next week’s walk should look forward to our annual dinner the following week. We will meet at Canford School at 11.00 and walk into Wimborne.