You know the old quote: golf is a good walk spoiled. But at the Isle of Purbeck, it’s more a case of a good walk found.
If there is a better vista in Dorset, I have yet to find it. From the glass-walled clubhouse, the panoramic takes in a breathtaking sweep of heathland, Poole Harbour and Sandbanks.
Oh, and did I say the golf is magnificent to boot?
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