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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!

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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

 

 

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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.

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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.

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Milland morning walk 20th April 2016

Mary and Barbara's walk near Milland and the Maysleith woods, with lunch in The Rising Sun. This walk was postponed from earlier muddy days and was rewarded with sunshine.

 

The Maysleith House was visited by Hugh Gaitskell  from 1941. He is remembered for introducing prescription charges for glasses and dentures to help pay for the Korean war - let's hope it ends soon.... It's not all bad - he did formally open Milland Village Hall in 1948, which happened to be a converted chicken shed at that time. However, he sold Maysleith in 1957, probably to spend more time on being Leader of the Labour Party and unfortunately on some ill-advised friendships. Said by some to be the best Labour Prime Minister the country never had.

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