3 men on a walk 2016: Around the Mereworth Woods

Offham - Basted - Platt loop

Still a marvelous Autumn weather period for us and with temperatures in the low-teens and no rain this was a great walk day.

Parking up at the pretty village of Offham we set forth Southward into Mere Woods, a massive tranche of managed woodland and we stayed within it for the first 4 miles or so. Venturing out into the sunshine the path took us West to Plaxtol and onward to Basted then NE to another small village called Platt where lunch at "The Anchor" awaited us. Why they named a pub the Anchor when we are miles from sea or river I don't know but it was a lovely pub and the refreshment excellent.

As usual it was a big uphill walk after lunch for the 3 miles back through woodland to the car. The Autumn colours are now really begging to show on the trees and we spotted several groups of Fungi - one a beautiful ring of Fairy Toadstools. In fact, the Fairy Queen invited Trevor to try out her new Duvet but he said he didn't have a minute to spare !