WALKS IN DORSET at STURMINSTER NEWTON & FIDDLEFORD (the RIVER STOUR) [4K]

This is another video in my series “Walks in Dorset” accompanied by my Whippet (Logan). In this episode, I visit the town of Sturminster Newton (8 miles North West of Blandford Forum) and surrounding area.
My 4 mile circular walk starts at the Sturminster Newton Mill (where I park my car in the free car park) which is located to the South of the town just off the A357. I head North following the banks of the River Stour, passing by a cottage that Thomas Hardy lived in for a couple of years in the 1870's.
I find “Colber Bridge” where I recite one of Hardy's poems “On Sturminster Footbridge” before continuing along the river bank to the old railway bridge. I then head in to the town and pay a visit to the church before heading out East (again following the River Stour) to Fiddleford Mill.
Alas Fiddleford Manor (owned by English Heritage) was closed so I could only view it from a distance before turning South, over the A357, and in to Piddles Wood where I got to enjoy the most wonderful display of bluebells in the golden Spring sunshine.
After passing through the settlement of Broad Oak, I walk along the side of a meadow, back over a stream and finally back to Sturminster Newton - viewing the ruins of a 14th century fortified manor house located on top of an iron age hill fort just towards the end.
A super walk with two mills, an enchanting river, a pretty town, an exquisite bluebell wood , an iron age hill fort and some stunning landscape views.
PS I am sorry if the audio appears a little "distorted" at times during the video. I was having issues with my microphone!
Map courtesy of Google Maps.
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