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Chanctonbury Day Walk 26th April 2017

Jeff's walk was over the Chanctonbury Ring and then down the other side into Steyning for lunch. The return journey was along the flat to the north of the Downs. The weather was cloudy, sunny, wet and sometimes hailing or sleet!  Cowslips and lambs were in abundance, as were the roe deer - about 30 of them. It was a bit surprising to see some bottle of spices and soft drinks being "imbued" with magical healing powers around a wooden cross on top of Chanctonbury Ring, but it is widely believed to have magical powers.....  Windmills not seen a year ago are now sprouting in the sea between Worthing and Newhaven -  this is the 116 turbine installation of the Rampion wind farm. On our return route we came across the last Brighton tram rusting away in a farmyard, complete with a poster pleading for funds.The 9 miles were very enjoyable and luckily the hard climb was tackled early on the walk. Thanks to resident photographer, now thankfully back in action!

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Fittleworth Morning Walk 19th April 2017

This was Peter's walk of about 4 miles around Fittleworth, ending with an excellent lunch in the nearby Swan Inn. Many thanks to  Paul and Peter for the additional photos.

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KINGLEY VALE DAY WALK 12TH APRIL 2017

Isabel's Long Walk through Kingley Vale was well worth waiting for! The countryside was showing some brilliant spring colours with  bluebells, gorse and the ever present rape in the fields, as well as the ancient yew trees of Kingley Vale. Excellent lunch in the Hare and Hounds in Stoughton. 

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Trundle Morning Walk 5th April 2107

Celia and Miguel's Morning Walk proved very popular and was a splendid sunny day, with excellent views from the top of the Trundle as far as the Isle of Wight and Littlehampton to the South. We also had a new guest, Shirley who we hope enjoyed the walk, as well as newly enlisted Tuula and a host of more long time members out to enjoy the sunshine. Thanks to Barbara and Isabel for some excellent photographs. 

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Harting Day Walk 15th March 2017

Linda, Maddie and June led us up the hills to the Harting Downs on one of the nicest days of this year. As it was a figure of eight walk several additional  walkers took advantage of the "short" walk in the morning. June got snappping again at cofffee time with some very good results. The highlight for many on the walk was the sight of a new born calf being cleaned up by its mother. It tried desperately to stand for the first time, watched by another young calf and several walkers - however, the walkers had a lunch to go to, so we moved on. The other calf was unlikely to be a twin as apparently twins are quite rare among cattle. Curiously if a heifer is born with a bull brother it is likely to be sterile (a freemartin) and the bull calf will usually be a poor performer in later life. Thanks Google.

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