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    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 977

      Mosterton

      January 25, 2021 in England ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C

      There are a number of national walking trails which pass through and around this area, not least the Monarchs Way, South West Coast Path, River Parrett Trail and the Liberty Trail. The Liberty Trail starts at Ham Hill in Somerset, just to the north of us, and crosses the countryside to finish at Lyme Regis in Dorset to the south and west of us. The trail follows the footsteps of people who, in 1685, walked to join the Protestant Monmouth rebellion. The entire trail is 28 miles, but as we will be doing it in both directions we will obviously be walking double that distance. We have broken it up into 5 or 6 sections, and are hoping we can complete the entire walk during our stay here.
      Ham Hill stands proud above the surrounding landscape and is home to a war memorial and a quarry which supplied the stone to one of Alan's old clients (A very very large House in Weighbridge.)
      A millenuim project adjacent the quarry completed a stone circle where the stones are aligned to the solar cycle. The views from the hill were far reaching across the landscape.
      Coming off the hill we encountered more signs of Spring with a patch of snowdrops and emerging displays of daffodils.
      We walked through to West Chinnock via some very wet footpaths, where K's boots were swamped by the mud, after which we plotted a return to Ham Hill using the dry country lanes. The villages in this part of South Somerset are all quite pretty. We enjoyed our walk under glorious winter sunshine.      Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 1,009

      Mosterton

      February 26, 2021 in England ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

      We were advised that we could book ourselves in for the Covid Vaccination so, planning ahead for our imminent return to Hampshire, we selected the BIC at Bournemouth for the place to receive it. We were booked in for late morning, so drove over after breakfast on a fabulous sunny day - barely a cloud in the sky. The vaccination centre was brilliantly organised and very efficient and we both felt quite emotional upon receiving the jab - our spirits were lifted.
      We pitched out onto Bournemouth sea front for a quick walk along the promenade, where we heard a multitude of different languages amongst the people passing by. Everyone was clearly enjoying the sunshine, some youngsters were sunbathing in cossies on the beach and a few people were in the sea - not bad for February. Everybody was social distancing but we did not linger - returning to Mosterton via Morrisons at Bridport for a necessary provisions top up.
      Sunday was another sunny day so we completed one of our longer walks which took us through Corscombe - ten miles in all.      Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 1,005

      Mosterton

      February 22, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

      We spent the remainder of the week walking around the area dodging rainfall, and spent our Saturday reading the weekend newspapers. The weather broke on Monday so we completed our section five of the Liberty Trail.
      We drove to Coney's Castle car park and set off northwards across Lambert's Castle Hill. There were some commanding views from the top around the whole area and we could see across the countryside to Chesil Beach and Portland and to the south across Charmouth. We descended through woods along Hawkmoor Hill, where there was some very impressive moss growth on the trees, and then across some very soggy fields passing around Gashay and Grighay farms. We reached Thorncombe via drier, high level, footpaths after Sadborrow Pound and found a bus shelter in the village in which to have our lunch. We returned to Coney Castle via quiet country lanes picking up the path at the bottom of Hawkmoor Hill.      Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 962

      Mosterton

      January 10, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

      We had a relatively busy week in lockdown. We managed to get out for a long walk each day. On Monday we tried a new route which took us into Crewkerne to our north and west. The path was predominantly on quiet country roads with a bit of countryside thrown in. Crewkerne is a nice town with a small central area in which we found a Lidl and a Waitrose. We checked out the location of The Crooked Swan restaurant which had a good write up in The Telegraph before Christmas and will be on our visiting list for lunch when things open up again. A nice walk and quite hilly so good exercise 13k .
      We enjoyed decent weather on Tuesday and Wednesday so we managed our 12k walks which take us past two farms with free range eggs on sale - we have tried both so far and have not been disappointed.
      On Wednesday we had also arranged for the car to be picked up as the clutch was slipping - using the ClickMechanic web site the car was picked up fixed and returned to us in the evening by a garage in Weymouth - completely hassle free.
      Thursday saw us needing a food top up so we drove to Bridport to visit the supermarkets. Not knowing what to expect we were relieved to see that the car parks were half empty and people were respecting the social distancing rules. We took the opportunity to walk along the coast path for a couple of miles at West Bay. It was great to be beside the sea once again. We took in some good views along Chesil Beach towards Portland Bill and back towards Lyme Regis.
      Saturday was our usual lazy day with the Paper - in the afternoon A produced a nice Indian meal from the book Kirsty had delivered to us "Fresh India" -fully veggie and very tasty.
      On Sunday we tried a new walk across the hills to the north and east of us taking in Corscombe where Mark Hix has opened his new restaurant in The Fox Inn - another one to be visited at the end of lock down.      Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 960

      Mosterton

      January 8, 2021 in England ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C

      We had booked the small car in for a service at Halfords in Yeovil - we had booked it in for 8:00am so that it would be seen to first thing. Everthing is obviously shut, so we took our breakfast with us aiming to have a walk through the country park on the south east of the town. First stop after dropping the car off was an Aldi supermarket - just as we entered we received a couple of pictures on our phone from Jamie in Brisbane. The authorities there had discovered a Covid case there taking the community total in the city up to 1 which prompted the authorities to declare an immediate 72 hour lock down. The result was that all the food shops were immediately stripped bare by panicking shoppers - the photo's Jamie sent us were of the empty shelves - literally nothing to be seen on anyone of them, poor Renee had to queue for 70 minutes to get Summer her milk formula. The shelves in Aldi were quite a contrast - absolutely bursting, so we sent a photo back to show them how we are all coping.
      We wandered through the country park stepping gingerly on very frozen ground and found the pathway to the nine springs which took us up through the Victorian Valley Gardens - all very pretty with ice covering the lower pool.
      Car serviced by 10:30 - we returned in the cold mist to base for a lazy afternoon - Karen sewing and Alan with head in book.      Read more

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      Day 955

      Mosterton

      January 3, 2021 in England ⋅ ☁️ 2 °C

      We have spent few quiet days walking in the surrounding countryside and have devised a good route which takes us along country lanes through Seaborough and Little Windsor - about 7.5 miles in length. Just one short section on a country footpath which as the week wore on became less waterlogged under foot.
      The weather has become bitterly cold but dry which has helped with the drying out process.
      On Tuesday and Wednesday we woke to very hard frosts and mist which took some time to clear - all very beautiful with the sun trying to break through the mist and the frost on the foliage. We took some snaps with our phone cameras as A felt it was too cold to be carting around the Canon - big mistake as the scenery was spectacular.      Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 950

      Mosterton

      December 29, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C

      Another walk from the cottage - this time we travelled eastwards across the fields behind the cottage. We had planned a walk of about 5 miles, but with the fields being so wet and the mud so deep in parts we thought we might have to cut it a bit short as it was taking longer than we had anticipated. In the event, as we rose higher up the valley, the route was much more passable so we completed our 5 miles in reasonable time. We passed through West and East Axnoller Farms on our way before rising up the valley side to Chedington, approaching this time from the south.
      We enjoyed a quiet New Years Eve in the cottage watching the review of this strange year on the TV. We did not a stay up until midnight to wish the new year in.      Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 948

      Mosterton

      December 27, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

      We completed another walk - starting at the cottage we again walked over the hill towards South Perrott then turned eastwards to follow the River Parrett Trial which took us up the valley to Chedington. The trail was very wet in parts after all the rain and parts of the pathway consisted of running water. Even the green fields at the top of the valley were water logged in part. The views of the countryside were, once again, quite splendid.Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 945

      Mosterton

      December 24, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

      We contacted the owners of the cottage that we had booked into for winter to see if we could get access in early. Thankfully for us, due to the increased tier system measures, we were able to move in immediately so we made our way over on Christmas eve.
      The cottage is part of a group of old barn buildings which have been converted to holiday cottages - we have a small cottage in a terrace which was lovely and cosy on our arrival. We spent the afternoon emptying the van into the cottage which will be our home for the winter months.
      The cottage is surrounded by farming land - green fields for cattle and sheep, walking tracks abound. On Christmas day, waking up to sunshine, we went for a short walk across the fields towards South Perrott - returning by the Langmoor Trail track to Mosterton. It was very wet underfoot but the views across the countryside well worth the effort.
      We enjoyed a full Christmas dinner - turkey, stuffing pigs in blankets and all - excellent.
      On boxing day we wandered into the village to get the Saturday paper and enjoyed a peaceful day      Read more

    • TravelerBig Adventure
      Day 976

      Mosterton

      January 24, 2021 in England ⋅ ⛅ 4 °C

      We awakened to find a film of snow across the landscape - not enough to make it magical but enough to settle in the fields. We completed one of our walks from the cottage, and it was a surprise to see the first signs of spring under the hedgerows where daffodils were beginning to emerge and bloom - all very nice in the partial snow scape.Read more

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