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Detail page for each Foray in Foray Programme
Breach Wood Sunday 20th October 2024 10.00am start Whichever way you are approaching from first make your way towards Wareham. From here take the bypass (A351) around the town, after about half a mile turn right off the A351 signposted…
Sunday 2nd November 2025 Start 10.00am For more general info go to Hardy’s Birthplace Visitor Centre where more detailed directions and information on the facilities and surrounding area can be found. The actual foray route can be fairly uneven with some awkward…
CULPEPPER’S DISH Sunday 3rd December 2023 10:00 am start An old DFG favourite and an interesting geological feature nearby. From Bournemouth/Poole direction, take the A35 towards Bere Regis. At the roundabout on the edge of Bere Regis take the first…
Sunday 8th September 2024 10.00 am Start. This is another hastily arranged foray due to unforeseen circumstances! From Milton Abbas village follow the signs to Milton Abbey. Before the main gates turn right at signed Delcombe Farm (by two…
Stubhampton Bottom (near Shaftesbury) Sunday 4th December 2022 Start 10.00 am Visited by DFG in the past and located in superb countryside but it can be quite a tricky site for those unsteady on their feet as there are…
Holt Heath Sunday 19th September 2021 Start 10:00 am The reserve is 12 km north of Bournemouth and 3 km North of the town of Ferndown. The largest part of the reserve is South of, and immediately adjacent…
Sunday 30th November 2025 Start 10.00am The DFG’s oldest venue that we have retuned to every year since the formation of the group in 1995, so it is fitting that we end the DFGs 30 years at this location. From…
Milton Abbas Sunday 14th September 2025 Start 10.00am From the Bournemouth/Poole direction head towards Blandford Forum. From the Blandford St Mary roundabout on the outskirts of the town take the A354 signposted towards Dorchester. When you reach the village of Milborne St…
Gains Cross, Shillingstone Sunday 14th November 2021 10.00am Start. A venue the DFG have visited in the past, but not for some years now. Directions: From Blandford direction take the main A350 for approx a mile as far as the…
Avon Heath Country Park Sunday 12th October 2025 Start 10:00 am Situated near St Leonards just south of Ringwood the Park is accessed via a minor road off the main A31 from the roundabout near to the St Leonards…