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Skittles night at The Barley Mow 9th February 2016

The Barley Mow hosted another enjoyable skittles match and served up some very nice food to keep us going. The chips were particularly highly rated. The highest individual scorer was Stuart F and he was lucky to win only a small bottle of Uzo. Raffle prizes were plentiful and the evening gave the club £60 to put in the funds. Many thanks to Isabel, Marian and Jane for for doing all the organizing, raffling and scoring during the evening. 

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Selham Morning Walk 7th February 2018

Jeff once again led an excellent short walk from The Three Moles in Selham.  It was a fairly cold morning but with bright blue sunshine all morning. The route of the old Pulborough to Midhurst railway showed itself on several occasions, but the last trains stopped running between Petworth and Midhurst even before the Beeching era, opening in 1866 and closing completely 98 years later. Some paths on Graffham Common were a little challenging but it was a very pleasant route back to The Three Moles for lunch.  The walk was 4.1/2 miles with about 320 feet gained.

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Alice Holt Day Walk 31st January 2018

Jeff led the walk through Alice Holt without hesitation, deviation or repetition on a cold  but reasonably dry day for a winter walk.           Owned by the Forestry Commisssion, this ancient woodland has an extensive history. In the 1st century BC, Iron Age people made pottery here which the Romans later developed and it became a major industry for the area. Charles II had it replanted and 130 year later the timber was almost all used up to aid the navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Another 30 year later replanting took place and apart from the drain on resources of the Forest during WW1, it has been a successful Forest ever since.                The walkers had a very pleasant lunch in The Bluebell in Dockenfield before returning to the car park . The walk was about 7 miles.  Thanks to Isabel for the photos.

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Stedham Day Walk 17th January 2018

Not surprisingly the original walk at Stopham was called off as the area was flooded. Isabel instead led a walk around Midhurst, Stedham and Minsted and we welcomed a guest walker, Sheila from Chichester. Lunch was in The Hamilton Arms. The weather was sunny but cold and the walk was about 7 miles. Many thanks to Marian and Isabel for the photos.

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Grayshott Morning Walk 10th January 2018

The day started slightly chilly and cloudy but after some tramping through the woods of Waggoners Wells we stopped for coffee in bright sunshine with a lot of blue sky above. The ponds were originally constructed in the 17th Century, probably to be used as hammer ponds for the production of iron. However around this time coal and coke were discovered in the north of England and were found to be better at producing iron. The whole iron industry moved from southern England to the north, so the ponds at Waggoners Wells were never used as hammer ponds. After our break we wandered over Ludshott Common, an important heathland in East Hampshire, home to woodlarks, nightjars, dartford warblers and many other endangered species. Lunch in The Fox and Pelican was enjoyed by all. The walk was 4.9 miles with 350 feet gained.

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