We plan to organise car shares in advance, so will not meet at West Town Car Park.
Park at the car park at the Hampshire Bowman at Dundridge, postcode SO32 1GD, grid reference SU578184 for walk start at 10.00 am.
This is a different walk to the one led by Peter in Spring 2023.
The walk climbs out of the valley on a steep staircase and then heads east through Upper Swanmore. We then turn north to descend Fir Down using another steep staircase with handrail. We follow the Wayfarer’s Walk for a little way then ascend Peak Down before dropping back into the valley and taking the familiar path back to the pub for lunch.
The route is normally dry underfoot. However there may be some mud in one or two places if we have a lot of rain shortly before the walk.
The total distance will be 5.9 miles, with around 700 feet of ascent.
This is the planned route...