Monday Plan

Departure

Drivers and passengers should make their own arrangements.

Don’t forget to make sure everything you need for walking is accessible in the car.

Travel

Navigational instructions for drivers are in a printable document (see left).

We are meeting in a public pay and display car park alongside Wareham’s Anglo-Saxon wall. Google gives three very different routes, all of which can take around 2 hours 45 minutes. Be ready to start walking by 1300.

Lunch

You should make your own arrangements for lunch. There are plenty of pubs and cafés in Wareham, or you could eat a picnic in the car park, which unfortunately does not have a toilet. Another option is to use one of several pubs which you pass on the way.

The Walk

This is an easy, almost level, walk, although the river stretch is rather uneven underfoot. Part of it is along the top of the Anglo-Saxon town wall with good views. Click for a map of the walk. Despite what is shown in the profile, we never go below sea level!

Hotel

After the walk we have a drive of about 10 miles to the Grand Hotel. It may not be possible for all of us to park there, but there is some street parking available.

Evening

We have been asked to assemble in the lounge at 1830 when the manageress, Lindsay Bish, will speak to us.

Dinner will be at 1900, and will be followed by an introduction to the area by David Willis and his wife from Purbeck U3A.

Wareham Quayside by N Chadwick

Swans & duck on the R. Frome, by the Quayside Wareham
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