Walking at Potterne Park/ Moors Valley Country Park on 17th March 2026

What a beautiful afternoon for a walk, we were so, so lucky. Today we were also very fortunate to have some extra people who joined us on our walk and hopefully will consider joining our group.... we are keeping everything crossed.

In total there were seventeen of us who arrived at the car park at Potterne Park then took one of two routes from Potterne Park into Moors Valley Country Park admiring the quietness, the birdsong and just enjoying each other's company. Today was certainly a delightful spring day, greatly appreciated by all of us. We hope this weather will stay with us for a while.

Arriving back at the car park about an hour later, we then drove to The Hub in Verwood to enjoy a cuppa, some cake and getting to know each other better. Time passed very quickly, as it always does when you are enjoying yourself. Thank you to the cafe staff who served us well with our delicious cakes, despite us arriving late and many of the cakes had already been eaten, we all managed. We all remembered to wish one of our group a very happy St Patrick's Day; he didn't confess to whether he would be consuming some Guinness later or not

Hope our first timers have enjoyed themselves enough to be keen to join our lovely group.

Apologies once again to my car passengers when we ended up taking the scenic route in Ringwood.