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The
autumn self-booking weekend this year was in the Swanage area. Rick
had organised 5 days of walking with a choice between long and short
walks every day.
This was a return to the area we visited on the second self-booking
holiday way back in 2003. However all
the walks were different and only a few of the current participants
had been on the 2003 trip.
Friday's walk
was "on the way" at Child Okeford where Rick and Lisa
had laid on tea and cakes both pre and post walk! On the walks we
visited Derek Baker's grave within the green burial ground before
heading up and around both Hambledon Hill and Hod Hill. Saturday's
walks started from Corfe castle and took in Swyre Head. The MOD
land was open on Sunday so we were able to visit Tyneham and enjoy
the hilly section of coastal path to it from Lulworth Cove. Swanage
itself was the starting point for Monday's walks along parts of
the coastal path around Durlston Head (where we had a excellent
evening meal on Saturday night at the Lookout Cafe). The final day's
walks were from Studland in fairly dreary weather. |
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Here we are at Child
Okeford about to walk off all the tea, cake and biscuits Rick and
Lisa had provided |
Les legless |
Emma and Judy lost
in conversation |
Derek's last resting
place |
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Judy looking stylish |
Little did we realise
that our route would bring us back to this trig point on Hambledon
Hill again a few hours later |
Alan is inclined
to agree with Judy |
Peggy leading Rod
astray? |
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Windy place for lunch
up on Hambledon Hill once more |
Peggy and Christine
share painful memories |
Christine is cowed |
Mendip Group is going
downhill rapidly |
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Paula has Eric fully
under control |
Hanging around for
the day two briefing at Corfe Castle. Where's the leader? |
Francoise is out
of the frame this time |
Les gives Rod a tow
up the hill |
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Water stop |
Mike figures his shirt
has shrunk |
Les kept on going
on about this being the best view in southern England |
Minnie tethered to
prevent food foraging |
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What's in there Tony? |
Stormin' Norman in
the forefront |
Doreen in a curious
mood |
Bob has "gone
bush" |
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Rick knows the way
forward on day three at Lullington |
It seems Ken has had
enough or is it something Janet said? |
Alan and Alice |
Paula and Brian having
a laugh |
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Stretched out for
miles |
The reward for those
up this huge hill first is the bench at the top. |
Christine is not amused
by David contortions |
Jan and James show
a frosty response to Ken and Rita's arguments |
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Definitely a hilly
walk along this coastline |
There
is no substitute for hands on experience |
Whereas Alice gives
us a sermon ..... |
Gus gives us a lecture |
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We liked the hills
so much that we did them again on the way back |
Jan is not amused |
Doreen's in a hole
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On Monday's walk Peter
aims for global dominance |
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While Dave and Trevor
II heckle the orator from a safe distance |
Where you gaze depends
on how long you've been together! |
Can't you keep that
dog under control |
Gill seeks permission
to start lunch |
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Last day |
A damp trundle across
a weird landscape |
To see an isolated
lump of rock |
Peter's got his finger
stuck in the bottle |
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Eric doesn't want
to go to the view point |
Beach huts provide
a good place for lunch |
Disheveled ramblers
struggle on |
The end in sight at
last |
