tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post3898378982709487224..comments2024-03-29T11:20:22.205+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Over the South Downs to the seaAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-9979795959233761032017-05-15T23:22:14.594+01:002017-05-15T23:22:14.594+01:00I'd like to express the view that a walk that ...I'd like to express the view that a walk that ...<br />- doesn't start walking until after 1130<br />- has lunch as 1415<br />- has most participants on a 1900 train and doesn't get them back to London until 2030<br />- had me on the 1800 but only because I cut out Birling Gap and walked to Eastbourne<br /><br />... all for just a dozen miles is a walk that would have been better starting earlier.David Colvernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-14645354108069882732017-05-15T11:26:12.068+01:002017-05-15T11:26:12.068+01:00n=15 on this lovely walk with the weather w=sunny-...n=15 on this lovely walk with the weather w=sunny-and-breezy. An ideal day for walking with the group fragmenting by the time we reached Wilmington where I had lunch in the churchyard by the ancient yew tree whilst others walked on to Jevington after booking a table at the 8 Bells. After my sandwich and walking alone I took a more circuitous ridge path with fine views to Jevington via the village of Folkington.<br />Most of us met up at Jevington and continued on to Birling Gap with one taking the short SDW route to Eastbourne after the long climb. We reached Birling Gap in good time to catch the 5.20pm bus to Eastbourne but sadly the journey did not work out as planned. Just beyond the car-park at the Beachy Head pub there had been an horrendous multi-vehicle crash so all traffic including our bus had to turn round and return to Eastbourne via the main road route. Most of us got off the bus and walked to Eastbourne station with one staying on in the hope of catching the 6pm train which she just missed by 6 mins. We all met up to catch the 7pm train to Victoria. A mixed bag of a day, further marred by some walkers witnessing a dog attacking a sheep after the incompetent owners had failed to secure a lead on the animal before entering a field!PeteBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135468832090264900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-53758068253495305462017-05-13T21:45:10.224+01:002017-05-13T21:45:10.224+01:00Hi Pete B,
Many thanks for the update about train...Hi Pete B,<br /><br />Many thanks for the update about trains and football etc. Like you I will also take the 09.47 train and change at Lewes.<br /><br />See you at Victoria tomorrow. <br /><br />Monica.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-71096649729056933012017-05-13T19:34:16.783+01:002017-05-13T19:34:16.783+01:00On Sunday there are celebrations and a parade in B...On Sunday there are celebrations and a parade in Brighton for the football team's successful promotion to the Premiership and trains and the station are likely to be busier than usual. I will catch the 09.47 from Victoria to Lewes arriving 10.51 and then pick up the 11.23 from there to arrive in Berwick at 11.35. You have a longer wait at Lewes than Brighton but this could prove less stressful than arriving at a packed and "rowdy" Brighton station. Also if you are at Lewes and anything goes pear-shaped with connections to Berwick you can easily improvise a lovely walk from Lewes. PeteBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02135468832090264900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-13086371083147752582017-05-12T22:36:58.425+01:002017-05-12T22:36:58.425+01:00Anyone going on this walk as I am very interested....Anyone going on this walk as I am very interested. Interested in extending walk to Eastbourne via Royal Eastbourne Golf course?<br /><br />MonicaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-21831554366834200962017-05-11T12:38:02.894+01:002017-05-11T12:38:02.894+01:00Thanks for posting this lovely walk chris, does th...Thanks for posting this lovely walk chris, does this one avoid that horrible sheer vertigo inducing coastal path bit to Eastbourne ? <br />TaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com