THE APRIL WEEKEND IN WEST DORSET 2005 | |||
On Friday 8th the group met for dinner at a pub in Nettlecombe. But ……. a delay – the two from London coming by train had been “derailed” by their own good manners. Bill and Sue went to Crewkerne to meet them but they didn’t get off the train. | |||
Thank goodness for mobile phones as they were able to tell Sue that due to a fellow passenger re-stacking her luggage as they arrived, the doors had shut and the train pulled away with a total of 4 reluctant passengers still on board.So our redoubtable taxi drivers had to rush off to Axminster to rescue them. However, all’s well that ended well, with everyone having a good meal together. | ![]() | ||
![]() | On Saturday 9 of us set off from the 3 Horseshoes in Powerstock and walked a figure of eight walk of about 9 miles in sunshine and blue skies, which obligingly appeared after a cool grey start. | ||
![]() | After a lunch at the 3 Horseshoes 3 more joined us for the afternoon and all 12 ate the evening meal at the Hare and Hounds in Waytown. | ||
![]() | Sunday was also warm and sunny. We met at West Bay and walked to Shipton Gorge for lunch along a ridge looking down on Bridport and the surrounding countryside | ||
The walk back was alongside the river Brit and past the thatched Palmer’s Brewery.… (sorry, I only photographed the old water wheel on the back wall, but it has its own charm!) | ![]() | ||
![]() | ….to West Bay | ||
![]() | Sunday Evening Another lovely local pub – the Fox and Hounds at Cattistock supplied our evening meal in a flag-floored room of our own, beside the bread oven. | ||
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![]() | On Monday a short – and mercifully level – 41/2 mile walk from Toller Porcorum to Powerstock Nature Reserve along the old railway track enabled our London contingent to get a reasonable train home. Once again the morning mist had cleared to a warm and sunny day – obviously Dorset felt it had to make up for the shocking weather last year. The weather, the carpets of primroses and the soaring buzzards had sent our guests home tanned and tired but happy. ![]() Pictures by Pete Ashford |