tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post3047208059831941159..comments2024-03-29T11:20:22.205+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Pulborough to Amberley - Gentle hills, an RSPB reserve, downland flowersAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-4741147135158856822017-06-24T23:24:49.723+01:002017-06-24T23:24:49.723+01:00N=29 on this walk, including 2 late starters but n...N=29 on this walk, including 2 late starters but not including the "walk inspector", who only joined us for tea at the RSPB reserve. The weather was w=drizzly-at-the-start-and-finish-with-a-bit-of-near-sunshine-in-the-early-afternoon. In other words generally cloudy, but some were pleased not to be doing the walk in the heat we had earlier in the week. <br /><br />Others should comment on the walk route not me, since I am its author, but in my hearing people reported themselves pleased with it. For me this was a walk of little pleasures - a meadow that was alive with chocolate-brown Ringlet butterflies, the flatlands of the Wild Brooks, loads of lesser stitchwort everywhere, the lush greenness of the verges and field corners. <br /><br />14 or so of us lunched in the Rising Sun in its lovely garden. They huffed and puffed about the intrusion despite having almost no other customers but the food was good when it finally came. Some, I am told, tried the other pub. I would love to know how they got on, having never been there myself. It looked nice when we passed it and someone reported it had a garden. <br /><br />I assumed most would stop at the RSPB centre for tea but only a handful did. It gets Brownie points for having vegan cakes. Those who did not stop had the Riverside Tea Garden at the end of the walk as their reward. Huge slabs of cake, I hear. <br /><br />Some of us considered dining at The Bridge but it was too soon after tea so we took the 6.17 train instead. Seven of us then had a Thai meal near Victoria.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-711168988692892342017-06-21T18:49:37.602+01:002017-06-21T18:49:37.602+01:00No cancel that, can't attendNo cancel that, can't attendAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-33838859419451532312017-06-21T15:06:15.656+01:002017-06-21T15:06:15.656+01:00How about Sandgate to folkestone?How about Sandgate to folkestone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-43269256612467078392017-06-21T10:10:47.940+01:002017-06-21T10:10:47.940+01:00Having spent a few days in London and here in Hast...Having spent a few days in London and here in Hastings I can tell you that it is a bit cooler on the coast. Perhaps a coastal amble. Dover - Deal? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594391380504033372noreply@blogger.com