WALKS IN DORSET at THE BLUE POOL (ISLE OF PURBECK) [4K]
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- Опубліковано 8 лют 2025
- In this episode of my series “ Walks in Dorset” I explore The Blue Pool - a magical place situated to the South of Wareham on the Isle of Purbeck. Normally I am accompanied by my Whippet , Logan, on my walks but on this occasion he took a day off so instead I was joined by a special guest - my younger Whippet ... Fiver!
The Blue Pool is a flooded disused clay pit (about 30 foot deep) that was hand dug in the 1800's. It sits within 150 acres of land that is part of the Furzebrook Estate. It was opened up to the public in 1935 when a cafe was opened and was designated a SSSI in 1985.
The colours of the pool - which vary from bright turquoise, green, grey, reddish brown- change due to light refraction from the clay particles within the water. Basically light gets refracted depending on the size of the clay particles. The pool may appear darker - more inky blue - depending on the time of day, the weather & how the sky is reflected on the surface. The “blue” is actually a reflection of the sky.
The Blue Pool is open to the public between 9.30am & 5.00pm (last admittance) with a £5 entrance fee (car parking is free). Dogs are allowed but they must remain on lead. There is a cafe, gift shop & toilets.
As well as being able to have a wander around the pool, there are a number of woodland trails to enjoy.
The weather was perfect for my walk - a sunny, bright Spring day.
Map courtesy of Google Maps.
Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps
Information Sources: Wikipedia, Dorset Churches, Historic England, British History Online & Dorset OPC.
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I use a GOPRO HERO 7, 8 or 10 Black Action Camera (sometimes with a Gimbal) & a Rode microphone (either a “Shotgun” or a Rode Wireless Go) together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.
Sweetie doggy! Have been to The Blue Pool a few times, and love it, but seeing the dog is just as nice.
So lovely! Thank you Dave and Fiver! Beautiful!
Lovely meeting Fiver!😊
Thank you Susan. You will see Fiver again soon - he came with me on a walk last week & it should come out in August.
Ah! That is lovely to look foreward to!😊
Thank You!
Amazing place to visit Dave, because of this video i visited The Blue Pool last Friday, well worth a trip. lots of wildlife to see there as well. Thank you for the heads up. Keep up the good work
Thanks Mark. Glad you enjoyed it. It really is a magical place, especially when the weather is good.
beautiful park, lovely walk around The Blue Pool
It really is amazing - especially when the sun is out.
Thanks Dave, tomorrows walk for us 👍😘
It will look amazing if the sun is out!
@@DaveFord keeping my fingers crossed but we alway prepare for rain just in case 😂😘
I haven't been there for years. Ive put it on my list. Thank you for sharing this lovely video.
What a beautiful place, I've got to visit sometime!
It is quite magical - especially on a clear & sunny day.
Thank you
Thank you for watching.
Wow it is spectacular, and you had a great dY to visit too! Loved the history, bet it homes all sorts of nature now! 👌 beautiful, thanks for sharing this absolute gem with us! Hope you and Logan are well, have a great weekend, Ceri and Kat ☕ ❤ 👍 🗺 😊
Good location for Green Sand Lizards, I am told!
@@DaveFord no doubt, bet the pond would have some interesting leaf hoppers too 🤔 🤓 ❤
Stunning scenery. I bet it's even more awesome when the rhododendrons are in bloom. It put me in mind a bit of the Silent Pool in the Surrey Hills. Hope Logan enjoyed his rest and is OK but it was lovely to meet Fiver and he did a great job walking in Logan's paw prints! I liked the musical accompaniment to the photo sequence too - very relaxing with the accompanying beautiful images.
Thanks Jean. Yes, Logan is fine. Just thought that as dogs had to be kept on leads at The Blue Pool, that it would be a good video walk for Fiver to make his debut!
Another lovely walk Dave. It brought back lovely memories of the times we went with my parents to the Blue Pool many years ago.
Thank you Dave. It is certainly a magical place for sure.
Stunning scenery in the countryside
The colours were certainly magical there, Keith.
I'm down in that area mid may staying at moreton camp site . thanks for giving great ideas
I hope you have good weather & an enjoyable visit.
What a stunning place to visit and so peaceful. Just what I could do with. Fiver is beautiful. Thank you for the excellent commentary. New subscriber.
Thank you Linda and indeed welcome to the channel! I hope that you enjoy the future walk videos in the series.
Logan look-a-likey! 🐕 ❤
Fiver is a lot more cheeky though!
Well hello Mr Fiver, an excellent video at a lovely location, I bet they won't let me go fishing down there, though watching them will be just as good. I hope you haven't usurped our former overlord Mr Logan, you are both worthy stars now! Can you ask your mate Dave what that lovely snippet of music he regularly uses is from? Does he play in a band or something? Thank you all.
Thank you. All the music from that video came from the UA-cam Audio Library (all free from copyright & free to use). A couple of the tracks are by Chris Haugen. Logan will be back next week!
Thank you for your work and your reply Mr Ford, looking forward to it already!
I thought you visited this place with Logan a short while ago. Fiver behaved impeccably. Walking to heel and watching you the whole time. I suspect you may have some doggy treat in your hand! It looks as if you’ve got a camera system which follows you. Very impressive.
Ah yes... Fiver's obedience skills are coming along but food is still involved!
Interested to see this one Dave, might be an area we can visit too....although £5 for parking 😲
The entry fee is £5 but the parking is free.
@@DaveFord ooooh sorry I missed heard, that makes more sense 👍
£5 to view our natural heritage ...... OUTRAGEOUS.
I imagine they will have maintenance costs to over?
Who is doing the panning for you Dave ? I've looked at your camera equipment list and can't see anything mentioned.
There's some lovely scenes in this one.
99% of the time I film on my own but on this walk, someone came with me & they kindly held the camera for me for the "walking" scenes. It was certainly helpful not having to put the tripod up every time!
ah that's great. I thought there was a new technology that had hit the shelf haha. . That's cool to have someone else sometimes. And they've done a good job !
Dave has it got any wheelchair friendly trails?
I believe it has - the paths & tracks that I spotted where fairly wide. They were sandy & "bumpy" in places but their website indicates that it is wheelchair accessible. Certainly there were some good large viewing areas to see the pool.
Watch every Friday, a bit of a miss this one dave, it's all a bit too laid on! But love you and logan
Thanks. Yes, I know what you mean .. it was a slightly different type of walk to our normal ones.