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Bournemouth Gardens: stream among trees
The further upstream one goes in the Gardens, the less formal and more natural it feels. Here, we look upstream with the
Image on the opposite side.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 12 Jan 2008
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Bournemouth Gardens: second raised walkway
The Gardens has two sections of raised walkway – travelling downstream, this is the second and, unlike the first, is on the southern side of the stream.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 27 Jan 2008
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Bournemouth Gardens: start of elevated walkway
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 12 Jan 2008
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Westbourne: footpath A09 leaves the Upper Gardens
We look along this public footpath to Surrey Road, from the Upper Gardens, whose southern edge is termed a Greenway - a shared foot and cycle path (hence the sign, with its green G symbol).
See
Image for a view midway along the path, up the steps which can just be seen in the distance.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 30 Jun 2016
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Westbourne: footpath A09 to the Upper Gardens
One of two public footpaths leading from this stretch of Surrey Road to the Upper Gardens. Unlike the other one (
Image), this one is steps first and then flat.
See
Image for a view up the steps towards us.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 29 Jun 2016
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Westbourne: up the steps on footpath A09
The opposite view to
Image] - the combination of thickly overhanging hedges and dreary dampness after a day of rain makes for a rather dark view.
The words NO CYCLING are helpfully painted on the tarmac facing those who have descended the steps.
The path leads behind us to the Upper Gardens - see
Image] for a view along the path from that end.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 29 Jun 2016
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Bournemouth Gardens: footbridge and steps
Another view across the Bourne Stream, about ⅓ of the way down the Gardens on their 2½-mile journey to Bournemouth pier. In the background are steps to Surrey Road
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 12 Jan 2008
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Bournemouth Gardens: elevated walkway
This section of the path alongside the Bourne Stream is an elevated wooden walkway.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 12 Jan 2008
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Bournemouth Gardens: camera-shy squirrel
The squirrels in the Gardens farther downstream, in the town centre, are usually pretty tame, sometimes even feeding out of children's hands. Perhaps here, a couple of miles upstream, in less formal gardens and with fewer passers-by, they are a little more suspicious of human interference. This one was doing its best to avoid my attention, characteristically moving round the tree trunk as he climbed and as I moved round.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 12 Jan 2008
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Bournemouth Gardens: start of raised walkway
The start of one of the raised walkways in the Gardens, taking you through what would otherwise be rather squelchy underfoot.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 27 Jan 2008
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