On a warmish, sunny/cloudy day this second leg of the Avon Valley Path was a much more attractive walk than the first leg from Salisbury to Downton. There was a fair bit of climbing but quite manageable. Once again I had problems following the correct path, but I think this is down to my inattentiveness rather than the fault of the OS app. I suffered an accident whilst climbing a narrow stile, scraping my wrist along the top of a barbed-wire fence. See the images below to see how this could have been a lot more serious than it actually was. Fortunately I carry a small medical kit and was able to improvise some treatment. Lesson learned! Somehow in dealing with this mishap I managed to lose my tracking of the walk in the OS app.
About The Avon Valley Path
Salisbury to Christchurch
My proposed walks
- Salisbury – Downton (8 miles)
Train to Salisbury, walk to Downton, bus X3 to Salisbury (20 minutes), train to home - Downton – Fordingbridge (7 miles)
Train to Salisbury, bus X3 to Downton (20 minutes), walk to Fordingbridge, bus X3 to Salisbury (32 minutes), train to home - Fordingbridge to Ringwood (9 miles)
Train to Salisbury, bus X3 to Fordingbridge (25 minutes), walk to Ringwood, bus X3 to Salisbury (45 minutes), train to home - Ringwood – Christchurch (10 miles)
Train to Bournemouth, bus X3 to Ringwood (40 minutes), walk to Christchurch, train to home
things change 
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