The Plan
A
Salisbury walk
Who Turned Up
Beatrice and
Tony H, Diane and Tony R, Sue, Wendy, Trudy B, Trudy H, David
The Walk
The original
plan went out of the window when we all arrived at Beatrice and Tony’s house in
rain. After some discussion, we elected to do the St Catherine’s Hill walk instead. We
decamped in two cars to the parking area at the end of Marsh Lane. By now the
rain had eased off and we set off across the hill. The going was easy until we
got to a small stream near the track of the old railway line. That bit was wet
under foot. From there it was a straight walk up to the pub. This pub was once
Hurn railway station and it has a locomotive and carriage parked outside. Neither
is appropriate to that particular station, but there you go. The station opened
on 13th November 1862, part of the Ringwood, Christchurch and
Bournemouth Railway. It later became part of the London and South Western
Railway and, in 1923, was drawn into the Southern Railway Company. It closed on
30th September 1935, but closure had been considered as far back as
1920 due to low passenger numbers. At that time it averaged just 22 tickets a
day. By the end of the twenties, that number had dropped to just seven tickets per
day. Hardly a practical proposition even in those pre-war days.
After
lunch we took a more direct route back to the cars, making more use of the
track along the old railway line. By now, the day had become warm and humid.
We
finished up with tea and cakes at Beatrice and Tony’s house, our thanks to you
both. Thanks also to Diane and Trudy B and Trudy H for the photographs.
The Pub
The Avon
Causeway. Although the pub was far from busy, we had a lengthy wait for our food.
Hunger was beginning to bite. When it arrived, most of the food was all right,
but the pies scored only six out of ten. The pastry was too tough to merit a
higher mark.
Next Week
Meet at
the end of Knyveton Road (near the gardens) at 1030
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