Sarah,this site is absolutely magic for what you want!Your post just described the site, especially mid-week.Gets busy at weekends, but spacious enough still to be pleasant,and I'm very much a CL man, so this praise indeed.For the dog walk,go to the bottom of the site,turn leftand walk until your feet fall off and probably not see a soul!At the top of the hill,turn right, then right again down a very small path and there is a hidden pond for the dog to swim.It's above the path on the left and easy to miss,so look out for it after about 100 yds.Nearest pub is "the Silent Woman", but I wouldn't recommend it!
I've just realised that you may be talking about the CC site.If so,forget all that, cos that describes the Wareham Forest Park site!!Doh!
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