Sunday had the first Bagpipe band practice, and Monday, I had a date with Jim for finger exercises, so it was Tuesday before we set out for our, now, weekly walk.
I had suggested Hindhead as we could stop off in Haslemere on the way back and do the weekly shopping as well.
We arrived just after 9am and already the carpark was filling up ... it seemed it was a popular spot for the "ladies who lunch" to get some exercise in after dropping the children at school, together with the later dog walkers. We would also encounter the elderly walkers on our return... I was just glad we had not come at the weekend! The idea was to walk down one side of the punchbowl from the top, across the bottom and back up the other side.
The clouds were down when we arrived, although the forecast promised better weather to come.we set off down the large bridle path to the West of the bowl. This soon disappeared under the tree canopy.
Before long we came out into the heathland, sections more attributable to this NT area.As we came off the track and onto paved roads we turned right to go across the end of the bowl. this involved the steepest descent down a dirt track with some large steps - definitely not suitable for consumer vehicles.
the highest point on the walk soon followed as we reached Gibbets hill - slightly off the track, but if it had been clear we could have seen quite a way. the cross is to dispel the ghosts of the people hanged up here.