We are the Dorset 4050 Ramblers. We are a friendly, mixed-age group of walkers.
A short sharpener prior to our AGM and Sunday lunch in Bere Regis.
This walk almost entirely features Dorset’s farming heritage as we encounter hedgerows and grassy or crop-filled fields and sheep and cow-grazed pasture to the max, apart from briefly edging the busy A35 and our start/finish in the village of Milborne St Andrew. Substantially flat apart from the odd dip and rise of the mostly gentle contours in this area, and with few stiles, it’s fairly leisurely!
We will travel the six minutes afterwards to meet at the Royal Oak in Bere Regis.
Note: our group walks quite briskly; while this route isn’t demanding of terrain or distance, if you have any concerns about fitness/capability please contact the walk leader in advance.
Walk Leader: Andy
AGM and Sunday lunch are planned for about 12.30 and 1.30 respectively. Both are optional but please contact Hilary (group secretary) via group email dorset4050@hotmail.co.uk or direct to hilaryaj@icloud.com by 3rd November if you do want lunch so we have sufficient space booked.
Walk booking info:
Please buy (free) tickets via Ticket Tailor using the link given above.
Numbers are limited and at the discretion of the walk leader. Anyone turning up without booking and/or where beyond the given maximum for the walk may not be permitted to start.
If you cannot attend please cancel your ticket through the site so others can take a place.
If any booking issues please contact the walk leader.
Milborne St Andrew, outside a cottage called Little England (street of same name) Please car share where possible as it's street parking only. From Bere Regis or from A35: Following the road out of Bere Regis signposted to Milborne, follow the quite narrow lane all the way to a crossroads at the edge of Milborne, and go straight over (if from the A35 it will be a left turn instead) into a street called Homefield then follow this past houses on the right until you reach a right bend where it’s named and signed Little England. Park considerately anywhere here at the roadside and walk down to the cottage seen on your left. From the A354 into Milborne village: Driving through the village from either direction look for the post office on the main street and turn into The Causeway, also signed to the village hall, then follow this until reaching a sweeping left bend when you will see a large thatched timber cottage on the right called Little England. Park considerately anywhere beyond here at the roadside.
