9.6 miles / 15.5km
Add an extra 4 miles to continue on from Saltdean to Brighton.
This walk heads up over the South Downs to Rodmell for lunch, and then on to the coast at Saltdean. From here there are frequent buses to Brighton. You can also walk along the seafront all the way to Brighton, or pick up a bus somewhere along the route.
Trains: 09:55 London Bridge, (10:12 East Croydon), 10:57 Lewes.
Return trains from Brighton 4 per hour, but no trains to London Victoria today. A return ticket to Lewes is valid for return from Brighton.
Lunch: Abergavenny Arms, Rodmell, now serving food all day. Inside tables (only) can be booked, but expect to have to pay a deposit for a group of 6+. Tel 01273 472 416.
2 comments:
I counted #14 at the station on a #beautiful-sunny-day-with-an-occasional-cool-breeze. I was towards the back of the group in the morning so I don't know what happened to everyone, but five of us diverted to Southease church for lunch, a lovely tranquil spot.
Turkeys and llamas were among the livestock spotted. The walk up Southease Hill is marred by a horrible noisy dirt-bike track on the opposite slope, and our local agent recommended walking along a minor road to Telscombe instead of the normal route.
Three pub lunchers (who reported favourably on the Abergavenny Arms) caught us up on the approach to Saltdean where we then walked along the shore to Rottingdean. This was enlivened by the arrival from the sky of two paragliders who made very elegant landings on the beach just in front of us.
At Rottingdean three of us got the bus to Brighton for drinks in the excellent Basketmakers Arms, where three of the others later joined us. A fantastic day out apart from the very busy train journeys.
Lovely walk and great weather. Abergavenny Arms had great food and beer.
A few of us including me walked back to Brighton. First time I'd walked this bit. Interesting and quite enjoyable. Although not likely to repeat in a hurry. One person went into swim, and didnt succeed in the very cold water at Rottingdean.
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