WALKS IN DORSET at PIDDLEHINTON & WHITE LACKINGTON (& THE RIVER PIDDLE)

Описание: In this episode of my series “Walks in Dorset”, I take a 4.5 mile circular walk from Piddlehinton which is located about 5 miles North of Dorchester. Once again I am accompanied by my Whippet, Logan.

I parked my car at The Thimble Inn (also my final destination) in Piddlehinton & started off with a wander through the village. Shortly after the pub, I took a minor detour to the West, crossing over the River Piddle, passing by the Millennium Green and then headed South again back into the village.

Re-crossing the River Piddle, I made a visit to the Church of St Mary and then picked up a footpath heading South (to the West of the river) towards Little Puddle Farm.

I took the opportunity of viewing the remains of the deserted medieval village of Little Piddle – basically just earth banks in a couple of fields – and then picked up a bridleway heading West towards Little Puddle Hill.

At Little Puddle Down, I changed direction & headed North down through Holcombe Bottom and, after crossing a minor road, up to Coombe Bottom.

I finally joined up with an old drovers track – Lackington Drove – and followed it until I reached the small hamlet of White Lackington.

After a quick look around the hamlet, I continued South on a footpath by the side of fields, re-crossing the River Piddle, and returned to Piddehinton.

My walk ended with beer & soup at The Thimble Inn.

Map courtesy of Google Maps.
Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps.
Music from the Youtube Audio library.

Information Sources: Wikipedia, Dorset Churches, Historic England, British History Online & Dorset OPC.

Historic Maps NLS Maps 'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland'  https://maps.nls.uk/index.html


For further videos in the series, please go to:    / @daveford  

My Facebook page is:   / davescountrysidewalks  

I use an INSTA360 ACE PRO Action Camera & a Rode microphone (either a “Shotgun” or a Rode Wireless Go II) together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.