The Plan
An Arne
walk
Who Turned Up
Wendy,
Tony H and David (plus Sue and Beatrice after lunch)
The Walk
We parked
in the RSPB car park and went immediately to the new visitor centre and café for
a cup of coffee. Then we took a shortened walk that took in the view point. Arne
is a pretty little village but you won’t find it in the Domesday Book, despite
its great age. The earliest record goes back only to 1285. The parish church
consists of a single-cell chancel and nave and dates from around 1200. It was
restored in the nineteenth century and again in 1952. The village was owned by
the Shaftesbury Abbey until it was dissolved in 1539. It was always a small
community and by 1894 it had a population of only 123 people. A school was
opened here in 1832 but it closed in 1922 because of a lack of pupils.
From the
view point, it’s easy to identify the islands in the harbour. The nearest two
are Long Island and Round Island. Think L-for-Long (on the Left) and R-for-Round
(on the Right). Looking at the more distant islands, think of Roald Dahl’s BFG
(Big Friendly Giant). From left to right, the islands are: Brownsea (B) Furzey
(F) and Green (G). See? Easy peasy.
We
lunched in Stoborough and then came back to Arne for another short walk in the
afternoon. Both walks were very pleasant.
Thanks go
to Wendy for tea and cakes at her house at the end of the day.
No
photographs this week. Our deepest sympathies go to Trudy in respect of her
absence.
The Pub
The King’s
Arms, Stoborough. We were not impressed. The fatty meat in the pie brought its
rating down to 4/10, and the £11.50 price tag brought its value-for-money down
to the same figure. The curry with three strips of meat was rated just as low.
After the excellent value of last week’s three-course lunch in Corfe Mullen, we
were left somewhat disappointed.
Next Week
To be
decided.
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