9.8 miles from Beaminster 17 Dec 2014 - froud

9.8 miles from Beaminster 17 Dec 2014

These pictures are from a very pleasant hilly walk (and there was mud!) - thank you Martin - from the town of Beaminster in Dorset taking in the highest point in the county on what started as a damp drizzly morning but became more pleasant as the day progressed. There was little wind and it was fairly mild for the time of year.

Shown in blue is the actual route of the walk. The direction was anti-clockwise from the car park in Beaminster denoted by the blue flag.
The long slog up Gerrard's Hill
The view from the top of Gerrard's Hill.
The National Trust land at Lewesdon Hill, the highest point in the county at 279 meters / 915 feet from the ancient trackway now known as the Wessex Ridgeway.
The distant view from our lunch spot. In the centre is the flat top of Golden Cap (191meters / 627 feet), the highest point on the South Coast of England.
Laverstock Pond - every picture tells a story! I don't know how long these wellies have been here stuck in the mud. They look as if they are from two different pairs.
Laverstock Pond
The wellie wearers didn't read this!
The New Inn, Stoke Abbott.
Parnham House and Coombe Down Farm
The group descends towards Beaminster
... and back to the finish.

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