- Date: 22 January 2025
- Walk Leader: Mandy
- Distance: 10 miles
West Meon-Brockwood Park-Warnford
A misty morning greeted 16 ramblers who met at West Meon village hall car park.
We took the footpath past the playing fields, turned right on to Church Lane and ascended the path near Lippen Cottages. Turning left at the top of the hill, we headed towards Marldell Farm and joined Lippen Lane, which provided some relief from the mud! Heading through Brockwood Copse we made our way to Brockwood Park where we stopped for coffee and admired the magnificent cedar, oak and beech trees.
The walk progressed across Godwin’s and Malthouse Plantations in the direction of Hinton Ampner and we followed the track to New Pond Cottages. Passing Joan’s Acre Wood, the group took the path alongside Black House Farm which led us across two large, open, muddy fields. Emerging on to a hill ridge we had lunch overlooking the Meon Valley, shrouded in mist.
After our break, we descended to Warnford and passed a rapidly flowing chalk stream that feeds the local watercress beds. Leaving the village via Lippen Lane, the route lead us through more fields to Lippen Wood eventually emerging on to Church Lane and back to the cars.
Author: Mandy Ray
Photography: Mandy Ray and Clare McCullough