The Wednesday Walk 14th November 2012

 

The Plan

A New Forest Walk

The Leader

Trudy B

Who Turned Up

Trudy B, Trudy H, Trisha, Sue, Wendy, Beatrice and Tony H, David

The Walk

It was an ideal day for walking. The weather started out with a few fluffy clouds and then quickly developed into clear blue skies and bright sunshine. We drove out into the New Forest and parked at Long Slade Bottom car park. From here, we followed the path along the route of the old railway line until we came to the crossing keeper’s cottage. Frome here, we turned off on a detour that took us across Brokenhurst Golf Course. Back on the main road, we crossed the railway bridge and came out onto Setley Plain. We hit the next main road close to the Filly Inn.
After lunch, we took a different route that brought us across Horseshoe Common and so back to the car park. The photographs (from both Trudys) show what a bright, sunny walk we had. They also show how nicely the trees have turned to their autumn colours. We hit one or two wet patches of ground along the route, but nothing to deter a group of serious walkers and nothing to spoil our day out. An all-round good walk, Trudy. Thank you.

The Pub

The Filly Inn near Brokenhurst. The ambience was fine and we got some serious crossword work completed. The food was okay, nothing special in view of the high prices. Three people had the beef and ale pie at £9.95. There was some disappointment with the chicken casserole.

 Next Week

To be decided.