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Kingley Vale on 1st July 2026

As the very hot weather that stopped the walk last week had reduced, Jay and Lindsey had a walk ready for us to explore, mostly in the shade. Starting from the car park at the bottom of Lambdown Hill we walked just over a mile, mostly uphill, to get to Chilgrove Hill. Turning south we walked along to Blackbush House where we found a very suitable coffee stop with plenty of seating amongst the yews of Kingley Vale. Suitably refreshed we headed for Bow Hill and then for the Devils Humps. The Devils Humps are examples of burial mounds (or barrows) that are  right across the Downs. Many were used for burials for centuries and were also probably places of worship. Rumour has it that each yew tree in the area marks the grave of a Viking warrior but more likely the area is just the right soil and conditions for this plant to be successful!  In contrast with the ancient burial sites, these yew trees are amongst the oldest living things in Great Britain.  After admiring the views from the hill top we turned north east to make a slow descent around Lambdown Hill to our parked cars and from there we drove to the Hare and Hounds where we had a delicious lunch.

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