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Graffham walk on 18th March 2024

Sally and Robert enticed a good size group for their 4.2 mile walk in the balmy sunshine.  We made our way from the National Trust Car park across Lavington Common onto Duncton Common through woodland and heath on the Serpent Trail.  Leaving the trail to head north west on the footpath closer to the River Rother where the rainwater saturation of the soil over the past two months necessitated us making local diversions to keep our feet dry.  Skirting fields we came to the track leading to Fitzlea Farm and the bridleway into Fitzlea Wood where we stopped for our coffee break.  Crossing the Selham to Heath End road we continued the gentle climb onto Graffham Common with a steeper climb to reach the Serpent Trail again.  On reaching Gallows Hill, we thought the miscreants probably had  other things occupying their mind than the scenic views as we wandered past Bronze Age barrows (dating back to the period 2400-1500 BC), down the hill to the road at Barnett’s Bridge.  Reaching Lavington Common, the path was very muddy until we got to the sandy elevated section and back to the car park.  We drove around the corner to the Badgers pub for a lovely lunch.

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Grayshott Walk on 11th March 2026

Tim and Jane assembled us in The Fox and Pelican car park in Grayshott for our 4.5 mile walk in dry but cloudy weather.  We started towards Whitmore Vale Road passing the WWII building that housed the Air Raid Wardens and the historic Primary School before taking a footpath on the left through a housing estate and along the top of Whitmoor Bottom.  A southerly footpath took us through another estate, across Headley Road onto Ludshott Common along the old roads that formed the WWII Canadian Superior Camp.  We headed across the Common where trees have grown since the tank training had flattened them all 80 years ago, over Summerden Footbridge where we stopped for coffee beside one of the Waggoners Wells lakes.  Following the south bank of the ponds we entered the wooded valley before climbing back up Headley Road and to The Fox and Pelican where we all enjoyed an excellent lunch.

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Easebourne walk on 4th March 2026

Isabel lead our 4.5 mile walk from Cowdray Café across the road onto The Race for a short time before cutting across to Easebourne Street and into Glaziers Lane, passing the cemetery to pick up the pathway to the right that led between the fields. A shallow hill brought us to the remains of Wick Lane where we encountered a fallen tree.  Magically Tim produced an assortment of tools from his rucksack to clear a route through with other members demonstrating their forestry skills.  Entering Whitters Copse we stopped for our coffee break at the picnic hut, availing ourselves of the long benches under the cloudy sky.  Carrying on up the hill to a lane, we turned right enjoying a short lived downhill section, crossed Easebourne Street again rising into the woodland of Grevatt’s Common.  Reaching the farm buildings at Gravatts we turned south between fields, past the reservoir at Lower Vinning taking the lane back to Easebourne Street down past the old Holly Tree pub (that is no longer a liquid refreshment establishment!) and back to the Cowdray Café car park.  An excellent lunch was then procured at The Royal Oak.

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Rogate walk on 25th February 2026

The walk started from the Jolly Drover in Hill Brow, led by Tim and Jane. We headed for the top car park on Rogate common, next to Clayton Court and from there walked through the woods towards Tullecombe. It was a very sunny day and quite warm for February. With about a mile of walking through the woods we turned south and after more shady walking we  suddenly emerged into daylight outside a large house called Commonside. A little way down the drive we turned west towards Tipsall and had a look at a large herd of cows enjoying their lunch. At this point we could have climbed a stile but with some pipe hazards in the way, we headed south towards Slade Farm before turning west again along a so called footpath. It proved somewhat challenging with a deep gulley, fortunately not with deep water in it! Thankfully we found a northbound path which had a few scattered seats for our coffee break and we then turned across the airstrip at Carrols to find the  Sussex Border Path. This led all the way back to the car park and then on to The Jolly Drover for our lunch.

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Fittleworth walk on 18th February 2026

The previous rain put off a few walkers, but a select group rallied at the Welldiggers Arms to the east of Petworth prepared to slide through the mud but at least the rain held off.  We set off along the main road to the first path on the right into the southern part of Low Heath leading onto Egdean Common.  Crossing a B road we entered fields, encountered assorted sheep and saturated wetlands with ponds on the lower levels.  At Hesworth Farm we climbed up into Hesworth Common with our coffee break being the reward for the climb, complete with a bench to admire the view to the south.  Picking up the Serpent Trail on the common, we followed it into Fittleworth skirting woods and fields before leaving it to enter the woods for some road walking and crossing fields to Little Bognor taking a path on the right across fields and a track to pick up the path at Low Heath to retrace our footsteps to the Welldiggers Arms for a welcome, tasty lunch where we were joined by some more of our friends.

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