An
Elite Eight of us ignored waking up to rain, an early start and the threat of
muddiness to enjoy a walk from Loxwood, just in Sussex, over the county
boundary into Alford, in Surrey, and back. The early part of the walk took us
through a variety of fields with pleasing longish views, then to our tea stop
in Alford, through more fields with an equine feel (also some turnips) and
then, for the final third of the 5.6 mile walk, along the towpath of the Wey
and Arun canal. Fairly flat and easy, the walk was in fact less muddy than when
we recce’d it a couple of weeks ago, and we suffered no more than three drops
of rain all morning. I forgot to take a group photo, so here’s a not very good
one of a tree en-route instead.
The
whole group (when did that last happen?) then had a good lunch at the Sir Roger
Tichborne, about a mile up the road from where we had walked. The roasts were
particularly generous and fine.
