THE RAMBLERS
EAST DORSET GROUP

East Dorset Group Summer Coach Trip 2025

This year's coach trip will be to the city of Winchester on Saturday 19th July 2025.
If you are interested in attending, please see the flyer here and contact the Social Secretary for more details:

East Dorset Group Summer Coach Trips

The EDG have been organising coach trips usually in June or July to various destinations in the South of England for several years, in past years coach trips have visited Arundel in 2024, Chichester in 2023, Wells in 2022, Bath 2019, and Cheddar 2018.

East Dorset Group Winter Meal

This year's Winter Meal took place on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at the Bridge House Hotel, Longham. Our group's Winter Meal is a long-standing event that has taken place for many years.

East Dorset Group AGM

Last year's AGM took place on 23rd November 2024 at the Hamworthy Club, Magna Road, Canford Magna.

Important Vacancies

There are still several vacancies on our committee that need to be filled which we would like you to consider:
• Someone to recruit volunteers for the 2025 Purbeck Plod,
• Programme Distributor,
• Newsletter Editor,
• Membership Secretary,
• Area Council Representative.

Also there are vacancies for three committee members without a particular role.

Rambling On Newsletter

You can read our latest Newsletter, Rambling On 91, here.

Note that our walks programme is no longer included with the Newsletter. You can access all East Dorset Group walks from our Walks page and the walks of all other groups via The Ramblers Go Walking pages.

'Rambling On' for the period March to July 2025 was not issued in the usual format as the East Dorset Group are still looking for a Newsletter Editor'. Can you help, please?

Ramblers Dorset Area

Dorset Area Council now has a volunteer secretary. This means that Dorset Area has come out of abeyance.

Look at the Dorset Area Website for information about current vacancies on this active committee.

If you would like more information about one or more of these roles, please get in touch with the East Dorset Group Contact using the details on our Contacts page

Ramblers Dorset Area AGM

The latest Dorset Area AGM took place on 30 November 2024 at the Broadmayne Village Hall.

Look at the Dorset Area Website for information about current vacancies on Dorset Area Council.

East Dorset Group author

One of our members, Simon Bowden, has published a book of his poems, "Gifts of the Dark". He says the book is inspired by the mental quietness we can achieve through walking and being in nature.

Offer on Jubilee Trail Guides

Please see our Jubilee Trail Guides offer.

Wessex Wanderers

Please have a look at the Wessex Wanderers website - these iinteresting train walks using the Bristol to Weymouth Heart of Wessex train service will be starting again this summer. A full programme of walks will appear on their website and as this year is their 30th Anniversary a printed programme will again be produced.

Local Access Forum

Do you want to help improve Dorset's great outdoors for future generations? Find out about the Local Access Forum here.

Page updated 26th February 2025.

Thank you for your visit!

To contact the East Dorset Group of the Ramblers please email us: