Dorset Walks

2008 - 2009 Programme of walks
around South Dorset
with Bob Ford




Just turn up at any of the walks you want to; £3.00 per walk.
Each walk (apart from the all day walks) lasts approx. 90 minutes and covers 1 - 2 miles.

click on the map references to see a map showing each starting point

reports archive ...

4 Wednesdays in September:
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday October 3rd 2.30 pm
Symondsbury
Meet by the church,
map reference SY744936 (see map)

5 Wednesdays in October:
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday October 31st 2.30 pm
Middlebere Lake
Meet at the start of the road to Middlebere Farm, on the road from Corfe to Arne,
map reference SY963854 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in November:
5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday November 30th 2.30 pm
Chapel Hill, Abbotsbury
Meet in the main village car park,
map reference SY579852 (see map)

5 Wednesdays in December:
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday December 28th 2.30 pm
Holton Lea
Meet in the pull-in a half-mile along the road to Holton Lea,
map reference SY956916 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in January:
7th, 14th, 21st, 28th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday January 25th 2.30 pm
Houns-tout
Meet in the car park just west of Kingston,
map reference SY954794 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in February:
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday February 29th 2.30 pm
Abbotsbury Beach
Meet at the Old Coastguards, one mile along the beach north-west of the beach car park,
map reference SY543856 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in March:
4th, 11th, 18th, 25th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)
4 Wednesdays in April:
1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday April 24th 2.30 pm
Higher Hyde Heath, Bovington
Meet at the N.E. side of the Puddletown Road, between Bovington & Wareham. Small car park just W. of the approach road to the golf club, tucked away behind a group of single-storey industrial buildings at Hanson Yard,
map reference SY854899 (see map)

3 Wednesdays in May:
13th, 20th, 27th (no walk on 6th)
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in June:
3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday June 19th 9.00 pm
Tadnoll Heath, Winfrith
Meet at the reserve entrance on Redbridge Road between East Knighton and Crossways,
map reference SY791877 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in July:
1st, 15th, 22nd, 29th (no walk on 8th)
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

4 Wednesdays in August:
5th, 12th, 19th, 26th
10.00 am - 11.30 am
Portland Cliffs and Quarries
  see trip reports
Meet outside the main entrance, The Heights Hotel, Portland,
map reference SY688729 (see map)

Friday August 28th 2.30 pm
Blacknoll Heath, Winfrith
Meet at the pull-in by the reserve entrance,
map reference SY805863 (see map)


For more information or telephone 01305 750118 or 07980967473 (mobile).

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