The walk is approx 6 miles with optional extensions. CAVEAT My recce was scheduled for 12 April but my companion took ill the day before. So the last time I went to Bates Farm was before the COVID pandemic. Trains: Buy return ticket to Berwick. Depart London Victoria 08.24, change Lewes (arr 09.26, dep Read more…
Despite a potentially off-putting announcement, eleven people met at Fishersgate station to trial a new walk. The way followed the Sussex Border Path which starts at the station and leads straight up to the Downs up by way of suburban alleys and shady, well signed footpaths; a steady but gentle ascent. Read more…
Travel: Buy return to Balcombe, unless dropping out at lunchtime. Train 9.35 London Bridge, arrives Balcombe 10.16 (destination Brighton, and calls earlier at King’s X St Pancras and Blackfriars, then also East Croydon). Return Bus 272 from Brighton to Crawley provides an approximate 2 hourly service at Ardingly and Wakehurst Read more…
29 March. This is Sally’s walk, but ten people arrived at Holmwood station to discover that I was leading, as Sally had sprained a muscle (she is fine now). Nobody turned back to go home which was an auspicious sign for me. The walk had been passed on from Frank, Read more…
Travel: Buy an off peak day return to Shoreham-by-Sea. (Freedom pass is valid until E Croydon) Train as programme : Victoria 8.46 (Littlehampton train) Change at Hove (9.53) for 10.02 train to Fishersgate – arrive 10.09. Also calls at Clapham Junction (8.53) and East Croydon (9.04). I shall join the train Read more…
There were 12 of us on the train down from Charing Cross. The weather forecast had steadily deteriorated over the week and we were resigned to 35% chance of rain all day. We headed up the hill Knole Park. Owned by the Sackville family the massive house with its extensive Read more…
Trains: Please buy a return to Hassocks. There are several travel options, some involving a change: London Bridge 9.17 arr 10.13 or Clapham Junction 9.12, change at Gatwick, also arrives at 10.13. But please check because there is quite a lot of travel disruption this coming weekend. Meet at Hassocks Read more…