The Plan
A
Highcliffe Walk
Who Turned Up
Sue,
Trudy B, Trudy H, Wendy, Beatrice and Tony H, David
The Walk
We parked at Friar’s
Cliff as usual and walked along the seafront and past Steamer Point. This is a
designated nature reserve covering about 24 acres of predominantly deciduous
woodland. It takes its name from a steamer that was pulled up into a gap in the
cliff and wedged between two trees in 1830. The boat was inhabited as a
sea-lodge for many years. Around the beginning of the twentieth century it fell
into disrepair and there is no longer any trace of it. During WW2, Steamer Point
was the site if a radar research station. Radar systems and radar guided
anti-aircraft guns were developed here. Site 16 is still visible today and was
an anti-aircraft gun emplacement. We continued the walk into Highcliffe for
lunch.
After
lunch we headed back in the reverse direction and detoured into the churchyard
of St Mark’s Church to see the graves of the Selfridge family. The whole graveyard
was covered with primroses.
Our
thanks go to Trudy H for the photographs.
The Pub
The
Globe. We’ve eaten here before and today’s lunch was well up to standard. Two
walkers enjoyed the chicken and ham pies and would have eaten a second one if
they could have got away with it.
Next Week
Meet at
St Catherine’s Hill at 1030.
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