tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post457248497537830769..comments2024-03-28T11:16:38.801+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday Walk Haslemere to Midhurst via Temple of the Winds and the tiny hamlet of HenleyAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-61894448642112191172019-04-14T12:23:26.850+01:002019-04-14T12:23:26.850+01:00Both the weather and the season of year were much ...Both the weather and the season of year were much improved since the last posting of this varied route between Haslemere and Midhurst, with a total of n=15 (including 1 late starter) under w=mostly-sunny-skies-with-a-cool-breeze-at-times. At this time of year, the route passes though a number of small woods with good (but not ostentatious) displays of wood anemones, celandines and bluebells (a perfect spring trifecta of white, yellow and blue). With some rotational seating, the 9 lunchers managed to make the most of our booking for 6.....at the chaotically busy Duke of Cumberland...as it took a while to place our order (though once ordered the food came fairly promptly in good portions), the sandwichers moved on ahead of us...we caught them briefly at the Cowdray Café...leaving as we arrived (nothing personal, I hope)....the later group enjoyed G&Ts, tea, coffee and cakes in the outside in the sunshine watching a dark cloud approach....We experienced a light shower on the final approach to Midhurst and grabbed a swift half before catching the 18:05 with some supplies for further refreshment on the train back to London...Stargazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06207931214700279104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-51654197647713543932019-04-11T13:24:26.164+01:002019-04-11T13:24:26.164+01:00I'm intending on doing this walk.I'm intending on doing this walk.Bryantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-86472910209484470232019-04-08T10:24:19.271+01:002019-04-08T10:24:19.271+01:00You may come across some protests outside the Cowd...You may come across some protests outside the Cowdray Farm Shop. Locals are upset about Lord C's proposal that 70 hectares of woodland on his estate (in the South Downs National Park) should be the site of two new sand quarries.<br /> <br />This walk wouldn't be directly affected if the scheme went ahead (the woodland is to the west of Midhurst), but there'd be a lot of additional lorry traffic and noise through the village.Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10491475051270094030noreply@blogger.com