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Marian, Maddie, June and Linda led a dampish walk from the car park, through to Midhurst Common and on to The Greyhound for a well deserved lunch. There we met up with some members who didn't brave the conditions during the morning - we had some fairly strong winds blowing and there was a lot of standing water from the previous wet spell. Hunting for a sheltered spot for our morning coffee break took some time, but as the coffe turned out to be ginger wine and mince pies, it was well worth the search. Plenty of wind all day but thankfully no rain. Additional photos from Marian and Jane and especial thanks to Marian for the mid-morning refreshments. The walk was about 6.1/2 miles with about 330 feet gained
The weather conspired to beat the walkers, with rain forecast for the morning and very cold conditions, snow having fallen locally only two days earlier. However, the lunch survived and the White Horse at Graffham played mine host to about 30 guests. The food was excellent and was followed by the Christmas Raffle, superbly organised once again by Marian. Lucky winners were Mary, Shirley, Tim, Jean, Mike, Kate, Pete, June, Barbara and Christine. Thank you for the additional photos from Marian, Paul and Jane. Last but not least thanks to Peter for organising the venue and the food.
A very pleasant social evening in Chichester with a meal and then going to the Marine Band Concert in the Festival Hall. Very entertaining, with help from the Chichester Cathedral choir. Many thanks to Marian for organising the evening.
This was a day walk that we shortened to a morning walk. Weather was cold but not freezing and we had a few inclines (hills!) to warm up with early on the walk. Tree clearance and no leaves on the trees meant we had some excellent views towards Blackdown and Marley early on and once we had reached the ridge going towards Older Hill we had some excellent views over Titty Hill as far as the pylon on Butser Hill. Lunch was in the wonderful Duke of Cumberland Arms in Henley village where some of us took advantage of the half price/half size portions that are available. Thanks to Jane for additional photos. The walk was about 4.3/4 miles with about 740 feet gained.
Peter and Trevor had planned a walk from the Milland Village Hall and ending at The Rising Sun. The weather was dry, sometimes sunny and fairly cold. We had some interesting sights, some natural and some artificial - the lane back from Titty Hill was fairly muddy but passable. Very pleasant walk of about 4.1/2 miles with about 290 feet height gained.