1. Milton Abbas to Cerne Abbas (route)
   This is a 12 mile walk and will take best part of a day taking in breaks and a gentle walk. 1. Park in Milton Abbas and follow the path around the edge of Milton Abbey. Exit the grounds, turn left onto the road and follow this road until you see a path sign on your right leading up into the forest. 2. Follow the path through Horse Park Plantation until you approach Hilton Hill Buildings where you should turn left onto the bridleway. 3. Follow this into the quiet village of Hilton. Turn right, pass the church and turn left back onto the path. 4. Cross a field and go through a small forest and up the hill to emerge close to the road. Cross this and continue on the path to Links Plantation. 5. Stay on this path until you emerge and descend to Aller. Follow the narrow road down to a junction and turn left for "The Fox" pub (an excellent place for a drink or lunch - there are no other pubs enroute) or keep going straight to continue the walk. 6. Ascend the fields (there may be cows) and cross over to the lower corner of a field to a gate (the map can be a bit confusing, keep tracing around the hedgerow if you can't find the gate until you come to one with a trough near it). Follow this path up and along until you reach Melscombe Park Farm. 7. You will see the path splits here on the left - you will need to take the gate to your right if you are looking at both paths. Follow the right hand edge of the field until you emerge onto the ridge of the Dorsetshire Gap. Carry on straight across the wide field and past a water tank. 8. The path takes a sudden right, follow this until you reach the road. Cross and ascend Ball HIll. 9. The top of Ball Hill offers splendid views down to Plush. Carry on until you reach the B3143. Turn left and carry on past some houses. After a couple of turns into housing estates, you will see a road leading up past some houses and the path leading off to the right while the road bends left. Follow the path up to Black Barn. Pick up the Wessex Ridgeway again and come into a caravan site. Follow this round the back until you emerge onto a main road. 10. Cross over into the field and pick up the path crossing the Ridgeway. Turn left onto this and descend into Cerne Abbas on the right hand side of the Giant Hill.
2. Fleet to Abbotsbury (route)
   Walking along South West Coastal Path from Sea Barn Farm in Fleet, by Chickerell, to Abbotsbury.
3. Abbotsbury Coast and Castle (route)
   A short slog to the hilltop St Catherine's chapel, then a long trudge on the Dorset Coast Path (coastal route) along the shingle beach with terrific views towards Golden Cap and Devon (worth walking on the shingle here for views of the sea - I ran this in a near-gale and loved it; it might be a bit tiresome walking the track with no sea view); a long but gradual climb from windblown West Bexington on the Dorset Coast Path inland route; back along the ridge, surprisingly remote from the not-busy main road, with fantastic views towards Portland; a final run down through wide, rough pasture to Abbotsbury with its stone cottages and vast Tithe Barn. A marginally shorter route drops into the village heading south east (and is described on the South West Coast Path website as a five-mile walk).
4. Dorset/Wilts Wing ATC (interest group)
   Adventure Training plays a huge part in Air Training Corps range of activities. Most cadets will stay in the ATC long enough to learn basic map reading and hill skills.
5. Lawrence of Arabia Walk (route)
   Good walk. Takes in Lawrence of Arabia's House and Grave. Starts at the Bovington Tank Musium Car Park
6. Fordingbridge - Godshill (route)
   Good walk which takes in a good range of Hills, paths and rivers. Short enough to do in an afternoon or Morning. Leaving a good opertunity to have a Pub Lunch in either Fordingbridge or Godshill. The Car Park at the start is just off the Slip Road of the A338 - From here we walked the route anti-clockwise.
7. Swanage, Sea and Steam (route)
   Follows the coast to Worth Matravers - home of the wonderful Square and Compass pub. Then heads inland to pick up steam train back to Swanage from Harmans Cross
8. Kimmeridge fossil hunt (route)
   This is a very short stroll around Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset, part of the Jurassic Coast, one of the most spectacular World Heritage Sites. Kimmeridge is a really interesting place to spend an hour or so as the ground is littered with fossils (which by the way you are allowed to collect if loose but you can't go down with a hammer and start hacking away at the rock - it's a protected site don't you know). Kimmeridge has a natural stone ledge which extends into the bay making the landscape rather lunar! There are plenty of rock pools at low tide which is great for kids and for surfers there are a couple of reefs. When I was there yesterday there were lots of kayakers, which I reckon would be a great way to see this amazing coastline which runs from Exmouth on the East Devon coast, to just north of Swanage on the Purbeck Coast. Check out the Jurassic coast website. P.S. This area is a military training zone so you may be restricted on where you walk.
9. Touring Dorset (route)
   A medium walk around Dorset (Poole Harbour).
10. Brownsea Island (route)
    Walk roudn the island looking at the wildlife and the Scouting History. Includes a route down to the Origianl Camp Site and also the Baden Powell Stone. Ferry from Poole Quay, and discounted entry fee for Natioanl Trust members

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