Dorset with the annual walking group

Back with the women I first started power walking with in Woking.  The group has expanded to other walkers all friends of friends.  There were 13 of us in Dorset at the Old Manor House in Almer.  Lots of food, talk and singing during the week and some walking.

We were discussing when and where we had been.  We started at the Pudding Club in about 2005 which is before this blog.  On this blog I have the following outings with the group -

2007 Aberdovey Wales
2008 The Pudding Club weekend
2009 Aberdovey for the second time
2010 Derbyshire in September
2012 Isle of Wight
2013 Lake District weekend
2015 Malmesbury and Porlock

About 10 of us met up on Friday and had a meal of lasagne from Jane and Rachel.  Saturday was a rainy day but we still managed to get out and make something of the day.  Off to Wareham and Blue Pool.

Sue at Blue Pool

Juliet, her friend Denise and Barbara

Some in camera movement pics

Walking through the trees

Linda

Heather and Linda

Taking a breather

A blend with Sue, Penny and Linda

At the dragonfly pond

Spot the blue skimmer damselfly

Barbara

A multiple exposure

On Sunday it was Corfe Castle and a walk at Worth Matravers.

A multiple exposure of 4 images at Corfe castle

The steam train from Corfe

A hign key image

Spot the ghost of Joan

I have lost all the photos from Monday due to my error in thinking I had copied them on the computer but I hadn't!  We went to Durlstone Country Park then on to Knowle beach before meeting up with Jane and Joan who had picked up Jean from Poole station.  We had been joined by Rose too.  Some lovely photos posed by the naturist sign on Knowle beach but of course I don't have them.  Then a walk from Harry's rocks on the coast path and we saw a few early lambs.  Had some cute shots of them too!

On Tuesday I went off to Arne as the others were walking from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door which I had done last weekend.  We met at Monkey World in the afternoon.

Multiple exposures of trees and leaves following a tip by Victoria Hillman

Spoonbills at Arne

Curlew

Lemurs

Capuchins

A reflection of the worker cleaning the windows over the gibbon

Gordon

Juliet and Gordon

In camera movement image of the St Mary's church window Almer

A very wet day on Wednesday but we went out to Chesil Beach and Portland.

Deborah

Penny and Jean

Joan with Barbara in the background

Herding cats

Not ready

That's more like it

One of our many refreshment stops during the week

Looking down

Portable seats good in the wet

Not fairweather walkers

On Thursday the sun came out and we finally had a longer walk of 5.5 miles at Kimmeridge Bay.  I had to leave early so made my way home after the walk.

Firing today

Clavells tower

Barbara, Sue and Juliet

Jane and Rosie

Joan and Rosie

Meeting the soldiers

Getting ready for the steep bit

Rosie

Joan

Stop for lunch

The banana throw

Juliet before we went down into Kimmeridge and refreshments

Next post back in Dorset for a landscape photography workshop with Mark Bauer in November