15.5 C
Dorset
Saturday, May 31, 2025
This was our second attempt this walk, after giving up on a very wet July 2nd. Today we still didn't manage to reach our...
We are often lucky with the weather on Monday afternoons but today was nothing short of miraculous, as we enjoyed a two-hour window of...
Before we could start this walk in one of my very favourite parts of Dorset we had to overcome a considerable obstacle - a...

The Schmallenberg Virus

In August 2011, a mysterious disease appeared in adult cattle in the west German town of Schmallenberg, situated some 70 miles east of Cologne...
Today we visited one of the top botanical sites in the county. Corfe Common has been grazed for hundreds of years and its...
We had already decided that we would chicken out of the walk up the ridiculously steep sides of Hod Hill and instead enjoy a...
After a series of preparatory visits to this beautiful site on the day of the actual walk it was, of course, raining. Not that...

Extreme Dog Walking

This is the new, ultra hip, super cool sport for happenin’ dudes, dudesses and their doggies. Started on the Dorset coast in the autumn of...
Today's walk took us from the Mill, just east of Sturminster Newton along the River Stour, walking upstream. We had originally intended to walk...

New Forest Bioblitz

Just got back from the New Forest Bioblitz, where I was helping out with the forays and also showing visitors around the Open University's...