tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post3255795509159120428..comments2024-03-29T13:33:35.228+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Wednesday Walk - Petersfield to Rowlands CastleAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-10809624266010323892017-03-29T21:33:51.012+01:002017-03-29T21:33:51.012+01:00Out and Proud: Wood Sorrel, Wood Anemones, Lesser ...Out and Proud: Wood Sorrel, Wood Anemones, Lesser Celandines, Harebells, Wild Garlic, Native Bluebells (the latter only in one of the woods though, as far as could be ascertained). Rapeseed fields turning yellow more-and-more, Skylarks audible: spring, I suppose.<br />Also present: 15 walkers off the scheduled train, + 1 other who had taken an earlier one, got caught at lunch in Chalton, only to disappear quickly with most of the sandwichers. So n=16 in w=drizzle-turning-to-rain-until-lunch-then-dry-with-some-drizzle.<br />I walked this for the first time and found that - apart from the route out of Petersfield from The Square onwards - the scenery was very scenic indeed, had a decent amount of variation, with some pretty villages, far views, plenty of varied woods and enough ups-and-downs over the rolling hills to keep one honest. Just a bit too short... So a very good mid-week walk. <br />Pub lunch (friendly staff and competent but not memorable food) for about half the group, joined by a couple of sandwichers for a drink.<br />Later 11 walkers in the Castle Inn in Rowlands for a bevvie. <br />The fast ones caught the 15.46, those 11 the 16.46 train. <br />Home before darkness. Thomas Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01298846868417688062noreply@blogger.com