What a thrilling journey, over 100 miles over the hills of Sussex and Hampshire! Only about an hour of rain over the whole walk…good thing we packed ponchos. The Winchester Cathedral was a stunning finish. This morning we attended the church service and were blown away by the sound of the choir in the world’s longest […]
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South Downs Way Day Six
The people of Cocking, we learned after having sat eavesdropping on three hours of ruthless gossip, are awful. Spiteful petty lot of xenophobes, including the owners of our bnb, Moonlight Tea Cottage. Which was adorable, I have to admit. And this elderberry sparkler is fantastic. Bury to Cocking. Well past the halfway point. Walked into Bignor […]
South Downs Way Day Four
Clayton to Upper Beading. First stop was ar Devil’s Dyke where paragliders were jumping into a dyke said to be dug by the devil himself to flood all the churches in Sussex with the waters of the English Channel. Gorgeous views, fantastic coffee cake, and a tasty brew called Summer Lightning from Salisbury. Then we journeyed […]
South Downs Way Day Two
The journey from Alfriston to Southease. Alfriston is an adorable village with ice cream and tea shops and Much Ado Books. Then we walked through fields and fields of sheep. And finally arrived in Rodmell, the longtime home of Virginia Woolf, and also the Abergavenny pub which had the best nachos made with English Mature Cheddar.
South Downs Way Day One
What an incredible journey with very few opportunities to access internet. I shall start from the beginning where we departed Eastbourne. After that last happy shot of KP by a cottage garden in Litlington, we got several hours lost until we remembered we bought a compass in London, which saved the day (night, really, by the […]