tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post942685459498555642..comments2024-03-27T21:54:24.933+00:00Comments on SWC - This Week's Walks: Saturday Walk -- Berwick Church, High and Over Hill, the Sea and a Full Moon (hopefully)Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11395064086819994526noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13665817.post-74876561716118463682017-02-12T12:03:51.892+00:002017-02-12T12:03:51.892+00:00N=12 on this walk and for all that it was w=a-blea...N=12 on this walk and for all that it was w=a-bleak-and-cold-day-with-sleety-drizzle the pleasure of companionship kept us warm. <br /><br />After a morning trudging over fields and briefly visiting Berwick church and its frescos (plus nice snowdrops), we had a very cosy lunch at The George in Alfriston, even if the delicious food did issue rather slowly from the kitchen. The walk along the river after lunch was slippery but even mist and drizzle could not eclipse the magnificence of the climb over High and Over Hill, which one of our transatlantic walkers rightly described as "the best of England".<br /><br />At the Cuckmere Inn in Exceat we fragmented. Two at least walked onto Seaford, one took the bus, one set off for Birling Gap and six of us, after tea and puddings, also set off at 4.30pm to walk the Seven Sisters and then up to East Dean. Distance-wise this is no longer than the Seaford ending, though it is of course more uppy and downy. I may incorporate it as an official alternative ending for the walk.<br /><br />We managed five of the Sisters in the fading dusk light, then did the last three and the walk to East Dean in the dark (and yes, there are EIGHT Seven Sisters: count 'em). After a drink in the Tiger Inn we went on to Eastbourne where we discovered a lovely friendly Thai restaurant in the former freight shed next to the station, finally catching the 9.35 train home.Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09314024151810191831noreply@blogger.com