Midhurst Footpath Companions
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Grayshott Walk on 11th March 2026

Tim and Jane assembled us in The Fox and Pelican car park in Grayshott for our 4.5 mile walk in dry but cloudy weather.  We started towards Whitmore Vale Road passing the WWII building that housed the Air Raid Wardens and the historic Primary School before taking a footpath on the left through a housing estate and along the top of Whitmoor Bottom.  A southerly footpath took us through another estate, across Headley Road onto Ludshott Common along the old roads that formed the WWII Canadian Superior Camp.  We headed across the Common where trees have grown since the tank training had flattened them all 80 years ago, over Summerden Footbridge where we stopped for coffee beside one of the Waggoners Wells lakes.  Following the south bank of the ponds we entered the wooded valley before climbing back up Headley Road and to The Fox and Pelican where we all enjoyed an excellent lunch.

Pre walk assembly

Fresh as a bunch of daisies.

Two old trunks

Feeling superior....

....because we are at the location of the WWII Canadian army Superior Camp

Learning about Camp Superior and the adjacent Camp Erie

Winding our way through the trees towards Waggoners Wells

We thought this would be a mossy bench for our coffee break, but it was too early.

Trying to keep our boots clean and dry

Striding along the side of a pond

Reading Tennyson’s poem “Flower in the Crannied Wall” at the wishing well.

A magical tree

What do we have here then?

It’s a tree fairy!

Ducks joining us for our coffee break

Relaxing for our break.

Bounding along after refreshments.

Negotiating a muddy bit.

Winding our way back to Grayshott in the valley.

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