tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post8933101337036784761..comments2024-03-29T10:41:37.758+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Christs Hospital to Billingshurst via Knepp Castle Rewilding ProjectAndrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-49069492584233715752019-07-18T20:45:06.837+01:002019-07-18T20:45:06.837+01:00n=6n=6Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-29251750570721724192019-07-18T06:15:39.015+01:002019-07-18T06:15:39.015+01:00Two came on a later train, unconsciencely avoiding...Two came on a later train, unconsciencely avoiding the meet-up group which probably stayed happily in the wrong part of the the train ending up in Chichester or Southampton chatting away, and also enjoyed this walk tremendously through the rewilding project around Knepp Castle and surrounding estate. Met some very inquisitive horses who tried to eat our picnic lunches out of our rucksacks. Disappointed that they were gone, they then pressed the point about rewilding and being against single plastic use, by trampling on a plastic bottle (not mine luckily). Point taken by my otherwise climate conscious and working for a large nature conservancy charity. Charity begins...<br />We too chatted way too much, had some nice breaks admiring & enjoying the glorious views and perfect sunny/cloudy walking weather. We thought about Billingshurst but seriously or for long. An unexpected little cafe cum pottery painting hut just before the busstop made an excellent last stop before nipping on a 5pm-ish (bang on time) bus to Horsham. Highly recommended. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-53919627655560481082019-07-16T10:57:51.376+01:002019-07-16T10:57:51.376+01:00Just n=4 walkers got off the train at Christs Hosp...Just n=4 walkers got off the train at Christs Hospital, including one newcomer who, disappointed not to meet an expected meet-up group of 15 which hadn't materialised, not wishing to do the whole 27km and daunted by the prospect of finding the bus stop by themselves, turned back after a couple of km, leaving the other 3 to press on to the Knepp estate and encounter free ranging cattle and pigs, a lone foal and numerous butterfly hunters, but no deer or storks (too many humans about perhaps).* We stopped at at the very nice and spacious Crown Inn, where one of us had a delicious looking meal and the others a huge quantity of cashews and two excellent beers, before the long march to Billingshurst in w=sunny-weather-in-AM-overcast-and-muggy-later. An excellent day out. <br />* I hope you like this Proustesque 86-word sentence; I think it might be the longest I've ever written. Sandynoreply@blogger.com