Tuesday. Crossing the railway line of the Swanage steam railway meant keeping an eye open for one of its magnificently polished locomotives. The path took us alongside former claypit workings into our heathland walk, beginning at Norden Common, where if you are quiet, you are very likely to see deer. At Rempstone Heath we passed nodding donkeys as they pumped oil from a mile below ground. Masses of holly berries, a deer, an egret, rabbits galore – there was so much to see. And to eat – the blackberries were succulent on this and every other walk! Occasionally, rain pecked at our foreheads, but came to nothing. Studland Heath – and the Agglestone, a seven-hundred ton rock, was a striking landmark. At the Bankes Hotel at Studland we were encouraged to taste every ale before choosing!
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