A 14 mile circular walk that takes in a variety of terrain with great views over Sixpenny Handley and Cranbourne.  For those interested, this route follows the Cranbourne Chase Circular 100 cache power trail.

We parked on the road through Cranbourne and walked a few hundred metres to start this route.  Almost immediately, you pass Cranborne Church, built between the 12th and 15th centuries, followed by Cranborne Manor, originally a medieval hunting lodge founded by Henry VIII and extended by Robert Cecil, 1st Earl of Salisbury between 1607 and 1611.

The trail then follows rolling fields, crossing a couple of qiet country lanes and rising up onto Gussage Hill, with a view over Sixpenny Handley, which you pass through shortly and which marks the half way point.

The return part of the loop skirts Pentridge before descending a valley and climbing again to reach Pendreidge Hill.

The route then begins to flatten out over Blackbushe Down before dog-legging it's way back down to Cranborne.

A good, stout route that will deserve a pint or so at the end.