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Want to lead a walk?

If you want to organise a walk in your area, please let me know and I'll put it up on this site. Criteria: 5+ miles, with some woods or open moorland for a good run and ideally finish near a pub or café.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Walk programme


Basset Hound Walkers at Savernake

Ham Hill basset walk

Our first proper walk was in October 2007 from Ham Hill near Yeovil along the ridge to Montacute (see above). Then back for lunch at the Prince of Wales. A modest five miler. We repeated this walk in June 2009.

The walk programme is set out here. All will be around five - six miles to make it worthwhile journeying from a distance. The next walk is in September. Just bring some lunch and bonios.

Provisional dates

September 12th: Cotswold Water park, Ashton Keynes: Guy & Sarah, details here.

October 3rd: Woodbury, S Devon: leaders Mike & Jackie. Details here.

November 7th: 3rd Anniversary Walk at Ham Hill, Stoke St Hamdon, n. of Yeovil (just off A303). Leader Miss Moppet.

Offers invited from hereon.

Previous walk reports, photos and videos (most recent first):

August 8th: Newton Poppleford, click here

July 11th: Barbary Castle, Wilts, click here

June 6th: The Quantocks, click here.

May 3rd: Cerne Abbas, Dorset (particularly exciting video). Click here.

April 11th: Wylye, S Wilts. Click here

March 7th: Alfred's Tower, Wilts. Click here.

February 7th: Harcombe, nr Exeter Racecourse, click here.

January 24th 2010: Cherhill, Wilts, click here.

December 6th: The Quantocks, Somerset. Click here.

October 4th: Lustleigh in Devon. Details here.

September 6th at Cotswold Water Park.

August 9th at Ashmore, nr Shaftesbury.

July 5th at Savernake Forest.

June 7th at Ham Hill, nr Yeovil.

April 5th at Barbary Castle, Wilts.

February 22nd at Woodbury Castle, nr Exmouth.

December 2008 at Cerne Abbas.

October around the Wellington Monument.

August from Horner, Exmoor.

June at Otterton, S Devon.

April at Axbridge on the Mendips.

 

Big Basset over stile

If you want to go on any of the walks please contact me via the website or at 01823 490782. And of course if anyone wants to organise a walk in their area (five miles or thereabouts) please do so and it will be promoted here.

 

Horner

 

  Finally a legal preamble: anyone partaking these walks must look after themselves and their hound. Neither I nor the Basset Hound Club (if you're a member) can accept responsibility for any mishap. OK? We're just a group of friends out for a walk who happen to have an addiction.