14km 8.7 ml Difficulty 2/10
This walk takes you through the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty to picturesque Bodiam Castle where you have a choice of lunch in either the Castle Inn or The National Trust tea rooms.
There are good views of the castle from the footpath that crosses the grounds. To go inside the castle costs £9.80 unless you’re a NT member.
Trains: Get the 09:55 Hastings train from Charing Cross (London Bridge 10:04). Arrives Robertsbridge 11:14.
Trains return from Robertsbridge at xx:14.
Lunch: The Castle Inn 01580 830 330 or the National Trust tea rooms at Bodiam Castle.
Tea: The Ostrich Hotel, a quirky favourite, is close to Robertsbridge Station.
Directions: here
We are doing the shorter walk, option a. This starts differently to the main walk.
T=2.20.a
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N=23 on this walk in w=very-mild-bright-sunshine. Very muddy, even the high grasslands were so sodden we sank inches into the soil. Some fallers. Some who did the alternative riverside return from Bodiam reported a collapsed bridge, necessitating a scramble down into a ravine (mysteriously dry) and up again the other side. On the outward leg, the river had formed a lake which covered the riverside path. We skirted it by going up the avenue of the Bruderhof community, who raised no objection. Most lunched at The Castle Inn, Bodiam which seems to have met with general approval.. A lovely walk which felt like a good 15 miles, though in reality it was only 8.7!
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