Gallery

-

Up Marden to Stoughton, Day Walk. 25th May 2016

Up Marden, West Marden, Stoughton and back to Up Marden. A cloudy day with sun at the very end of the walk. The hills seemed steeper going back and the excellent lunches at The Hare and Hounds didn't help! A quick look at the 12/13th century church at Up Marden - probably the least spoilt church in southern England. Thanks to Marian and Denis for super photos.

 

Simon Jenkins, once chairman of the National Trust, wrote "But the Downland churches are different. They weave not neither do they spin, yet there is not a cathedral in England that has their power to move the spirit. ------- The Downland churches have a stronger magic. The unbeliever departs them ill at ease."

Read more here:- Simon Jenkins

---

Walderton Morning walk 18th May 2016

Much credit to Denis for going ahead with this walk! The forecast was wet all morning and it did rain much of the time. However the walk was enjoyed by all, with fields full of growing crops and vast areas of woodland heavy with the scent of wild garlic. We also caught sight of at least 40 wild Fallow deer. Lunch was in the Barley Mow in Walderton where we met the new landlady/owner of 4 weeks. Splendid lunch - Rump steak for £8.95 and Venison casserole for £11.25. Can't think where the venison came from!

---

Midhurst U3a

The University of the Third Age (U3A) movement is a unique and exciting organisation which provides, through its U3As, life-enhancing and life-changing opportunities. Retired and semi-retired people come together and learn together, not for qualifications but for its own reward: the sheer joy of discovery!

 

U3A Midhurst website

 

 

---

Frensham and Dockenfield Morning Walk 4th May 2016

Very pleasant weather, which almost dried up the muddy parts! Lunch in The Bluebell, Dockenfield.

Frensham Great Pond originally provided carp for the Bisop of Winchester, but is now a popular home for swimmers, sailors, tench and large 20lb pike. Despite the predators, Frensham Sailing Club has trained many National, European and World Champions.

---

Cissbury Ring, Day Walk 27th April 2016

Jeff's walk started in the shadow of  the Cissbury Ring and then headed for the Chanctonbury Ring. A splendid walk with fantastic views of the Isle of Wight to the west and Brighton to the east.

Not the warmest day with hail as we left the Ring, but far better than the forecast. Lunch in Washington. Thanks to Marian and Jane for additional photos.

 

Chanctonbury Ring originally housed an Iron Age fort, later a couple of Roman temples. Planted with beech trees in 1760, many blew down in the 1987 gale. 

Legend says the hill was created at the same time as Cissbury Ring with clods of earth thrown by the Devil as he tried unsuccessfully to flood the Weald. Nowadays it's a favourite site for UFO observers, anyone looking for a good haunted spot or anyone wishing to increase their fertility by spending a night there.

---

• Page 93 of 99
• ←
• 92
• 93
• 94
• →