This is another video on my series "Walks in Dorset" accompanied by my Whippet (Logan). In this episode I take a 4 mile circular route starting & finishing in the pretty village of Pentridge.

After a quick look at the church (where I parked my car), I head North along a footpath bordering a field that is next to the ancient Dorset Cursus (one of the largest prehistoric monuments in the UK & in many ways one of the least known). I continue up Bowling Green Lane, looking out for hares in the open fields, towards the Martin Down Nature Reserve.

In reaching the Reserve, I head East along the side of the impressive Bokerley Dyke (a 3.5 mile structure originally built in the late bronze / early iron age) towards the top of a ridge. At this point the walk follows the Hampshire / Dorset border. At the highest point of my walk I get to enjoy some stunning views across Hampshire.

I then head South, back in to Dorset, initially through the Blagdon Plantation and eventually on to Pentridge Down. From there I experience yet more magnificent views , looking back down in to Pentridge. My route then takes me to the Penbury Knoll Iron Age Hill Fort - for more amazing views - before following part of the Hardy Way (a long distance footpath) back in to the village.

I have made this video, on a voluntary basis, in partnership with the Chase & Chalke Landscape Partnership which is a National Lottery Heritage Fund Scheme to protect & enhance the special landscape of the Cranborne Chase & Chalke Valley through twenty projects focused on the natural, historical & cultural assets of this important area.

The Chase and Chalke Landscape Partnership covers part of the Cranborne Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, or AONB. The AONB is within easy reach of Salisbury, Bournemouth and Poole and covers 380 square miles of countryside overlapping the boundaries of Wiltshire, Dorset, Hampshire & Somerset. The AONB website is https://cranbornechase.org.uk/ , do check it out as there is plenty happening, including opportunities to volunteer on a wide variety of projects, plus events and activities to get involved with from monitoring flora and fauna to art workshops, as well as the chance to protect and promote the region's dark night sky."

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 together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.