Distance 17.7km (11m)* Toughness 7/.10; long climb to start then flatter after lunch
*the gpx file indicates the walk is
actually around 12m.
Trains: London Victoria 10.02 (Clapham Junction 10.08, East Croydon 10.17) arrive Amberley 11.25
Return trains from Pulborough to London Victoria at xx:26
Buy a day return to Amberley
Superb views over the Downs with lunch
at the White Horse Inn Sutton (01798
873321).
The tea stop is the White Hart pub 30 mins from Pulborough
Station.
Full walk directions can be found here
12 comments:
I may come on the appointed train and do further research on a new walk I have three quarters written from Amberley jfk
Specified train cancelled
I am at Victoria. Anyone planning to take the next train?
I'm going to do cowden to hever instead
Andrew and I taking 1017 to East Grinsted
Will try and join east grinstead. Which walk are you doing
Mind if I join East Grinstead too?
Following cancellation of the advertised train to Amberley and faced with an hour before the next train, atr a bit of online discussion, n=4 diverted to East Grinstead. We did the eastern loop, across to Forest Row for lunch at The Swan where the walks inspector was content with the quantity and quality the Sunday roast. Then on to East Grinstead with two stopping at The Dorset Arms and two taking the longer river route to the station.
w=warm-and-sunny by the way. A suggestion was made to have an SWC nominated meeting point at mainline stations, in case of train cancellations.
Sorry to hear the London contingent couldn't make it to Amberley this morning. It's a good summer walk, but the instructions do need some amending. Knoll Bungalow is now Knoll House, Tripp Hill Farm is now a warehouse for a sofa supplier and the suggested end of the walk was so so overgrown, I had to walk along the A283 for the last couple of miles to Pulborough train station.
Well done to the East Grinstead 4. I did have my fingers crossed when posting this South Downs excursion but with Southern you cannot predict which trains will be cancelled and those which will run. Its just pot luck!
The Amberley cancellation was due to a signalling malfunction, not staffing issues.
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