Hardy’s Purbeck: Eliza Nicholls & Ethelberta

The Hand of Ethelberta & A Pair of Blue Eyes

Friday 16th July 1.30 pm All walks & Tours start from Sunninghill School

Led by Tony Fincham: an easy circular walk of just over one mile to Heaven’s Gate with superb views along the coast from St Alban’s Head to Kimmeridge and beyond and north over the Isle of Purbeck towards Poole Harbour, Brownsea Island & Corfe Castle. Then stop at Kimmeridge Bay for a short steep walk up to Clavell Tower. Wessex Poems – especially the ‘She to Him’ sequence. The Hand of Ethelberta & A Pair of Blue Eyes.

Price £15 Book Tickets Here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hardys-purbeck-eliza-nicholls-ethelberta-tickets-156013014125

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