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southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Day 2 Corfe Castle and Old Harry Rocks harder walk Tuesday 12 May 2015 |
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Our mornings begin with a walk down the steps of the hotel to the car park to catch the bus | |
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Which today takes us to Kingston and the pub garden | |
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Where vantage points were soon found | |
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To take photos of the view to Corfe Castle | |
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In the village we pass ancient cottages | |
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To the church | |
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A quick look inside | |
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Then it's out through woods carpeted in wild garlic and bluebells | |
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Then a farm | |
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With wire sheep | |
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A water wheel | |
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And a pond | |
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We follow a road with Corfe Castle in view | |
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Plenty of wisteria about in Corfe village | |
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Makes a change to have a dog watching from the window instead of a cat | |
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As we hunt out the sign for the Purbeck Way | |
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Some of us find our way to the National Trust tea-room below Corfe Castle* | |
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He can probably help show us the way | |
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So can he | |
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But we soon find our way | |
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Heading uphill with views back to Corfe | |
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It's well-positioned to be seen even from further away* | |
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A steam train chugging down the valley | |
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Continuing along the ridge | |
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On the one side we look down on Swanage | |
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Eventually reaching the Obelisk | |
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Now heading for Old Harry Rocks, the Isle of Wight in the distance | |
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Wider views of Poole Harbour | |
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Then Old Harry comes into view | |
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And is studied from all sides | |
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Together with the stunning chalk cliffs | |
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The Isle of Wight more visible now* | |
Jenni and Peter on the edge ** | |
Mike takes a photo of the group - do they realise how sheer the cliff is? ** | |
Most have now spotted Mike's camera ** | |
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Coming round the corner we look down on Studland | |
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And back to Old Harry | |
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In Studland the Post Office has anticipated our arrival. |
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Photos and captions by Richard (*also Sally and **Mike), processed by Sally, uploaded by Mike |