Midhurst Footpath Companions
Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Funtingdon on 2nd July 2025

John and Maureen’s 4.5 mile walk with many ‘chocolate box’ cottages and views started from the car park of The Fox and Hounds at Funtington and took us down the High Street to Church Lane past St Mary’s church onto the wheat fields.  On reaching West Ashling we stopped at the Mill Pond at the village to watch the swans, ducks, coots with their young families and fish, although the black swan remained hidden.  Continuing on Mill Lane we took the footpath heading south bordering on the woods at Southbrook farm and onto Southbrook Road crossing Bosham Stream to veer off onto Ratham Lane past the camping and caravan park.  We left the road for the footpath beside Breadbare Copse, with deer grazing in the woods and where we adjourned for our coffee break.  The footpath took us by the privately owned Merryfields Plantation to reach East Ashling and a footpath across Dickers Farm’s fields bringing us out onto Southbrook Road which took back to the Mill Pond at West Ashling where the black swan made an appearance.  Our return leg took us through the recently combined wheat fields back to Funtington to enjoy our lunch at The Fox and Hounds.  

All ready for what is thrown at us

John leading us past wheat fields

Mill Pond at West Ashling

A quick stop by the broad beans

Wild flowers

Having a laugh

Deer stalking

Deer stalked in the woodland

Coffee break

I think i can fly!

Back at the Mill Pond

Hello Ducky!

Ladies admiring the wild flowers

Black Swan (Black Duck if you are Australian)

So why is some of the wheat only so tall??

Lunch in the Fox and Hounds

The Fox and Hounds

Try not to loiter in here

The route of our 4.5 mile walk

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