Today's route on an OS map

Cranborne Manor.

I don't know why there are so many of these Red Campion flowers - it looks as if they have been planted. The yellow flowers seem to be self seeded Oil Seed Rape plants, probably from a previous crop.

A lone swan sails in the peaceful late morning sunshine in the River Allen near Wimborne St Giles.

One of several Lapwings performing aerobatics over farmland at Monkton Up Wimborne.

The view over new wheat at Harley Down.

The view from Harley Down towards Wyke Down.

The line of trees are growing on the Roman road which follows the course of Ackling Dyke towards Salisbury.

A watchful Hereford Bull with his harem at Gussage Down.

Two burial mounds near the undulations in the landscape labelled as 'Settlement' on the map

The ancient Settlement on Gussage Down.

A fine show of Dandelion flowers.

Cowslips in the grassland.

Fields of Oil Seed Rape are everywhere.

The parting of the ways near Pentridge - I suppose when the field is ploughed the post and waymarkers would be in the middle of the field in splendid isolation.

A fine pair of horns on a cow at Cranborne Farm.

... and back to Cranborne, tired and thirsty, for a pint at The Sheaf of Arrows pub in Cranborne Square.