Wimborne St Giles

Despite the change in weather, Alison and I got our walking boots on yesterday and took a walk round the beautiful village of Wimborne St Giles. We'd intended to stay on the road which is barely used but found a bridleway which took us in a circle and that was much more fun, although our feet did get wet in the long, damp grass.

Starting at the church we took the road alongside the village hall and onto the cress beds crossing over the river Allen which looked lovely and clear, not that that is always a trusty sign of how clean the water is. We then spotted a bridleway and took a walk up past a very busy farm, busy with lorries and building work, having stopped to peer at the gravestones marking the abandoned church near All Hallows Farm. It was great to see three buzzards and the beginnings of the pigeon migration before we got back to the car.