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West Itchenor walk on 16th September 2026

Isabel sold us a five and three quarter mile walk on the basis it would be easy and flat, luckily, we all believed her and she was right.  We left The Ship Inn at West Itchenor walking south through the village picking up the cycle path between the fields onto Sheepwash Lane, which did not live up to its name.  Skirting around the north of West Wittering we turned north onto Ella Nore Lane to pick up the New Lipchis Way on the coast of the Chichester Channel with views across the Channel, Thorney Island and even Hayling Island in the clear sunshine.  We stopped at a perfect spot with seating for all to have a well earned coffee break before heading back to the Ship Inn, where we were treated to a tasty lunch and refreshments.

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Elsted walk on 9th September 2026

We all met up early to make our lunch orders at The Three Horseshoes for Miguel and Celia's walk in Elsted and it was good to meet up with John and Sally once again. With ideal walking weather, sunny but a few clouds and a breeze, we set off towards Grevatts and then Newhouse Farm before eventually finding our ideal coffee  spot in Didling, with some extraordinary transport on show. At the foot of the nearby Harting Hill we could see the 13th century Didling Church, known as The Shepherds' Church as it is situated on the ancient drovers track along the South Downs. Suitably refreshed we headed for Treyford and disturbed some newly released game-birds on the way. With the help of a recently restored bridge, we were able to reach The Three Horshoes in good time for an excellent lunch. The walk was a little under 4 miles.

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Duncton walk on 2nd September 2026

After almost trouble free parking at The Badger Inn, we jumped into shared cars to go to our parking start point on Duncton Down for Jennifer's walk. Leaving the car park we walked up and along Woolavington Down, eventually crossing the West Sussex Literary Trail/Southdowns Way to head into the woods of Teaglaze where we were fortunate to find a pleasantly wooded picnic spot. As we relaxed and took on refreshments, a shower tried to spoil our walk, but we were able to ignore it. The forecast had been fairly damp but we suffered very little all morning. A stroll up towards Waltham Down brought us to our turning point where we headed back towards the car park. This involved walking through Crown Teaglaze and finding the West Sussex Literary Trail once again. This spot is one of the highest points on the Southdowns Way. This time we followed the West Sussex Literary Trial, only departing from it to reach our parked cars. A quick trip down the road and we then had an excellent lunch in the Badger.

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Henley walk on 26th August 2026

With threats of thunderstorms we gathered at The Duke of Cumberland  in Henley village for Tim and Jane's walk. Although it was quite humid during the morning we saw no sign of rain, just blue skies and sun.  After descending on the road towards Fernhurst, we quickly made a left turn into Henley Copse, following the line of the A286 road high above our heads. We turned down through to Henley Common before crossing the road into Whites Lane. We then had a bit of a trudge up the road next to Birchill Copse. Soon after Upper Lodge we should have turned left but carried on a short distance to reach our drinks spot, which had enough seating for all 15 of us, with plenty to spare. Suitably refreshed we found our way once again and travelled through Northpark Copse. There were some slightly challenging hills but fortunately we eventually found the Serpent Trail which took us downhill all the way to Verdley Edge and eventually to cross the A286 just above the Duke of Cumberland. Relieved we had seen no rain and and the walk had been mostly shaded, we were able to enjoy a splendid view over Fernhurst as far as Blackdown Hill from our table in the pub. The walk was 4 miles.

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Stroud walk on 19th August 2026

With 2 months of virtually no rain, at long last we had a shower or two! It was still raining a little as we assembled at the Seven Stars for Jay and Lindsay's walk around Stroud. After walking a short way down Ramsdean Road we turned right and headed towards Mustercoombe Copse and with some difficulty mastered a broken stile. Next we skirted Stancoombe Copse before turning north to meet the Winchester Road near Langrish.  Once across the road we took the footpath adjacent to Manor Farm with its listed 16th Century Dovecote. (The doves were kept for their manure which was used to tan hides, used  as fertilizer, and as an ingredient in gun-powder. However the real purpose of a dovecote was as a reliable source of food for the table.)  After climbing through a couple of fields we reached Cold Hill where the blackberries were tasty but small, probably due to the miniscule amount of rain we have had this year. A little further on we stopped for a drinks break at Ridge Farm where a large collection of logs were very useful as seats. A pleasant walk along Stoner Hill brought us to the path that descends through Lythe Hanger, not the easiest pathway but luckily the chalk was not wet enough to be slippery. A walk past Lythe Farm and Rothercombe Farm eventually brought us back to The Seven Stars for a well deserved lunch. About 4.3 miles.

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