In this episode of my series “Walks in Dorset”, I take a 6.5 mile circular walk from the village of Evershot which is located 13 miles West of Dorchester. Once again I am accompanied by my Whippet, Logan.
I parked my car in Evershot and started my walk at the Western end of the village at St John’s Well which is considered to be the source of the River Frome.
After visiting the Church at Evershot, I wandered down through the main street in the village, past the Summer Lodge Country House Hotel & the Village Hall.
At the Eastern end of the village, near an ancient seat made of three standing stones on a small triangle of grass, I joined the Hardy Way through Melbury Park.
The footpath took me Northwards through the park & past the magnificent Melbury House and on to the delightful village of Melbury Osmond.
Sir Frederick Treves, in his 1906 book “Highways & Byways in Dorset” described the village as “the most charming village in these Western backwoods”. After visiting the church, I headed Westwards and on to Lewcombe.
At this point, I headed South, joining a section of the Macmillan Way, past Girt Farm and back to Evershot.
This walk has to be one of the prettiest that I have experienced in my series of “Dorset walks” so far!
Information Sources: Wikipedia, Dorset Churches, Historic England, British History Online & Dorset OPC.
Map courtesy of Google Maps.
Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps.
Music from the Youtube Audio library.
Historic Maps NLS Maps ‘Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland’ https://maps.nls.uk/index.html
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28 Comments
I've never been to Evershot or Melbury Osmund. I've been to Melbury Bubb and Stockwood (the church is one of the smallest in England) the other side of the A37. Beautiful area with stunning countryside views.
Dave, thanks for sharing yet another treasure!
beautiful views through the villages and meadows, Logan is so adorable 🥰
I’d have run out of superlatives to describe today’s walk, so I’ll stick to just one: wonderful.
Amazing walk in the countryside with wonderful trails and village stunning besuty
Does Logan prefer paving to grass? Seemed like when he had the choice, he stayed on the road. Beautiful churches and villages. Wow!
Thank you for doing all the research to bring these video's to life. Looking forward to bumping into you and Logan one day and getting a "I've met Logan" badge.
Lovely video, your choice of music is perfect too. Thanks Dave!
What a beautiful place Dave. The views are so pretty and and the church looked so magnificent . These churches you visit are so interesting and their history. The village is so pretty with its cottages which are so quaint and I can hear the birds which really brings to mind spring. So gorgeous Dave. Hugs to Logan. Thanks so much for taking us along☀️
Thanks for this lovely video. I used to live in the next village to Evershot and walked to Melbury Osmond a number of times. You showed the countryside there at its very best.
Not only a joy to follow your walks but an education. I really appreciate that you have done some research into the places, churches that you visit and who doesn't love a walk with a dog! Lovely Logan. I love the Highways and Byways books. I use extensively the volumes covering Surrey and Sussex! Robert Fripp is someone I have tremendous admiration for. Always a real pleasure to see Dorset through your eyes, Dave, thank you.
WOW, what a beautiful church(Evershot) that was. …one of the finest I have ever seen. And such a lovely village. Incredible. Would love to live there and spend time in that church.
Absolutely stunning villages and accompanying countryside Dave ! By the way Dave I live just outside Devizes and nobody say's regarding' Frome ' that they're off to ' FROAME ' they're always off to FROOOME !
Paddocks full of buttercups with lush green grass is a sight to behold for sure Dave, thanks for another great video.
Stunning villages ,and so good to see the fields in the sun .😊
This must be the your greenest video ever! Incredibly vibrant colours 🟢🔵
Thank you Dave and Logan! Such a beautiful walk. All the uplifting music added to our enjoyment of this wonderful Buttercup filled video!.
We have never seen so many Buttercups!
We enjoyed every moment with you guys!😊
Great video Dave, appreciate the lengths you go to to bring us so much information!
What a beautiful, idyllic walk, Dave! The churches, both of St. Osmond and Osmund were really wonderful! Thank you!
Dave, another pleasant romp with you in Dorset. I'm presently at my Montana cabin surrounded by an eruption of new life in the springtime Rockies. We still have grizzly bears, wolves, pronghorn, bison, and similar species long departed from the UK. There is an element of risk when traveling in the forests. And an element of excitement knowing one might encounter a creature that would eat you! For all its splendor, there is a little something missing–history. Your walks and commentary complement my experience out west. Thanks!
So enjoyable to see again an area I knew so well back in the day, thank you both. I might be biased as a West Country lover, but Dorset seems to change more slowly than other parts of the country. Long may it continue. Got to say Logan looked crestfallen at the lack of an open pub on that walk, you’ll have to make up for that next time!
We’ve walked a similar walk twice, once last autumn and again probably the week after you and Logan, although we took a slightly different route as we took the path to the right as you first head from Evershot towards Melbury Sampford, passing a boating lake. Beautiful walk and lovely to back agin. Thanks again Dave and Logan 🥰
Lovely walk
Thats two st osmunds in dorset the other one is in osmington ,once painted by constable 😊
My late fathers first job was working in the office of thomas hardy he told me hardy was the most miserable old b####r he ever came across 😅😅
My uncle Frank Meech was the village baker in .Evershot.
Never mind Dave, it's a rotten job, but somebody's got to do it . . . I wish our whippet was as well behaved as Logan!
Thank you for this video. I use to live in this area of England. Brought back memories of my many walks through Evershot and the grounds of Melbury House.