tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post4688188971151897968..comments2024-03-29T12:30:31.492+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday Third Walk – the Ouse ValleyAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-91129521969385204912016-05-21T21:29:06.980+01:002016-05-21T21:29:06.980+01:00n=6 on this walk: 5 on the train and the walk auth...n=6 on this walk: 5 on the train and the walk author, who drove to Lindfield and who we met in the lunch pub. The weather was w=cloudy_with_rain_for_a_time_after_3pm, spits and spots at times otherwise and occasional bright patches. Warm enough to make wearing waterproofs a bit irksome.<br /><br />The revised route for this walk which starts in Hayward's Heath is no great hardship. It does take a while to clear the town but for the most part the route is through a perfectly rural nature reserve. Four of us were happy to walk back the same way at the end of the walk. Otherwise this was a walk of gentle fields and woods, which could be very muddy in winter but were fine at this time of year. Nice woodland flowers (yellow pimpernel, wood speedwell, wild garlic) though several good bluebell woods were of course all over. In one field there were very young foals and we saw a pen of cute duck chicks on one farm.<br /><br />The newly re-opened Sloop was welcoming for lunch and served nice food. We briefly sat outside, before spits and spots of rain forced us inside. It was pleasantly busy so let's hope it stays open.<br /><br />The three front markers saw a Bluebell Railway steam train past: the three of us at the back saw wisps of smoke through the trees. Lindfield was a very cute town and had a nice tea room. All in all a creditable day out.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.com