The Plan
A walk from Branksome Chine
Who Turned Up
Wendy,
Trisha, Trudy H, Sue, Beatrice and Tony H, David
The Walk
The local
weather forecast promised a dry morning and showers in the afternoon. They
should have taken a closer look at their charts. It was dry when we parked at
the car park in Leicester Road. Okay so far. And there was even a hint that we
might have stayed dry. But, as we walked down through Branksome Woods, the rain
started. There was a bit of wind on the shore at Branksome Chine but nothing to
bother us hardy walkers. We stopped at Trisha’s beach hut for a cup of tea
and biscuits (thanks, Trisha) hoping the rain would pass by before we walked on. It didn’t,
and it was raining quite heavily as we approached the Argyll Bowling Club café.
Hope was in our hearts as we pictured our all-day breakfasts. But hope was all
we got. The Bowling club and café were locked up. A notice outside proclaimed
it was open seven days a week, but a heavy lock on the gate convinced us
otherwise. So we walked on to the nearest Harvester Inn at Durley Chine.After lunch we climbed up to the Overcliff walk and made our way back through the Argyll Gardens to the promenade. By the time we got back to the beach hut it was raining again, but our day was brightened by a solid semi-circle of rainbow. Three walkers continued the walk back to the car park. Obviously the rain put a bit of a damper on the walk but we had a good outing with lots of exercise.
Our thanks to Trudy H for the photographs.
The Inn
The Harvester at Durley Chine. It wasn’t what we intended but it turned out to be a good option. The service was good, especially when we discovered where in Poland our waitress came from. And the food was well up to standard.
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