The Plan
An Arne walk
Who Turned Up
Jackie, Trudy B, Wendy, Diane and Tony R, David
The Walk
The forecasters promised us blue skies today, but they were
only half right. We had blue skies overlaid with dark clouds. And it was windy,
but at least it didn’t rain. Oddly, the RSPB car park was full and Jackie had
to manoeuvre her car into a questionable parking space, but at least her ploy
worked. In the morning, we took a walk down through the village (where the
church of St Nicholas dates from 1200) to the shore. Arne village was owned by
Shaftsbury Abbey until 1539 when the abbey was dissolved. By 1894 it had a population of only 123
people. There was a school here, built in 1832, but it had to close in 1922
because of lack of pupils.
After lunch we walked in the opposite direction. The cloud
cover was increasing by now and the wind increasing.
Thanks go to Trudy and Diane for the photographs. Thanks
also to Jackie for tea and cakes.
Next Week
Meet in Wimborne at 0930 and bring your bus pass.
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