The Wednesday Walk 9th July 2014

The Plan

An Old Sarum walk

Who Turned Up

Wendy, Trudy B, Trudy H, Sue, Ros, Diane and Tony R, Beatrice and Tony H, Colin and David (joined by Olga and Ray for the outward walk)

The Walk

Salisbury! Who doesn’t know Constable’s painting of the Cathedral from across the water meadows. Okay, so we didn’t do that walk, exactly, but we had a pretty good day with our ramble from the city centre to the ramparts of Old Sarum.
We drove to the park-and-ride car park and took the shuttle bus into the city. The square has been completely reset with new paving since we last did this walk. The only other change is the location of the shuttle bus stop. We walked out along the river with the weather hovering between overcast and sunny spells (couldn’t quite make up its mind!). Somewhere along the way we must have missed a turn because we had to climb a fence to get back onto the right path. No bother: we’re all reasonably fit.
After lunch we had the pleasant downhill walk back into the city. After the drive back to Wimborne, Beatrice and Tony kindly hosted the tea and cakes.

The Pub

The Harvester at Old Sarum. The menu at all these pubs is pretty standard and the food is usually good value, especially the free unlimited salads. Today’s selection was a bit of a curate’s egg. Some meals were good, others were a bit iffy. The batter of the fried fish was a definite no-no.

Next Week

Meet at the lay-by near The Angel, Ferndown at 0945.