This is another video in my series “Walks in Dorset” accompanied by my Whippet (Logan). In this episode I am at Stourpaine - a pretty village located about 3 miles North of Blandford Forum.
My 3 mile circular walk, which starts & finishes in the village, takes me up to the magnificent Hod Hill where I get to explore the site of what is the largest iron age hill fort in Dorset. Along the way I enjoy beautiful meander along the banks of the enchanting river Stour and of course experience some quite stunning countryside views.
Right at the start of the walk I take a small detour (of about 800 yards to the South) to have a look at some earthworks that relate to an abandoned portion of the village as well as the remains of the Stourpaine & Durweston Halt - that was on the old Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway line.
I was filming in March and the weather was glorious - the temperature was well above 20 degrees although there was a cooling breeze at the top of Hod Hill.
Map courtesy of Google Maps.
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I use a GOPRO HERO 7 Black Action Camera (sometimes with a Gimbal) & a Rode microphone (either a “Shotgun” or a Rode Wireless Go) together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.