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Chalton walk on 30th September 2026

We had excellent walking weather for John's walk in Chalton, starting out from the Red Lion. A walk past the St Michael & All Angels Church (where one of our fellow walkers will be taking part in a guitar recital on Sunday link here:- Guitar recital ) took us on to The Sussex Border Path. At its high point on Chalton Down we saw an ancient tumuli - a Neolithic, Bronze or Iron Age burial site, the position chosen probably to show the high social status of the incumbents. We eventually left the Border Path and headed for a small tunnel which took us under the main Portsmouth to Waterloo Railway line. A short distance further on we found seating at the St Hubert's Church at Idsworth, handily placed for a drinks stop.  A few yards further on and we were on Staunton Way, before diverting to find our second tunnel to bring us back to the correct side of the railway line. A bit of hacking was needed to help maintain a footpath and then we were on a straight line back to our starting point, although we were pleasantly surprised to see a recovering Denis coming to escort us back for the last 200 yards or so. Lunch at the Red Lion was a pleasant end to our adventure.

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Byworth walk on 23rd september 2026

The 4.5 mile walk led by Celina and Bernard started at The Well Diggers Arms near Byworth by dropping away in the gully through Hallgate Farm to the Byworth Road, heading north to the footpath near Barnsgate Farm.  Crossing fields and the A283 led to a track past the reservoir and pumping station and into the woods on Brinkhole Heath, up to the Serpent Trail enjoying the shade of the trees and the warnings to ‘Beware of the Chickens’.  A short spell on Kingspit Lane brought us to Flexham Park where we took the footpath that skirts the south west edge of the park. Here we stopped for our coffee break and the breaking out of some birthday celebration wafer chocolates.  We walked through some of River before heading south again across fields to Little Bognor and Brookdean. We then took a small detour to walk through hedgerows and fields, making it back to the A283 near Egdean which we followed until we could use a track to gain the wooded footpath beside the road back to the Pub where we enjoyed our lunch.

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West Itchenor walk on 16th September 2026

Isabel sold us a five and three quarter mile walk on the basis it would be easy and flat, luckily, we all believed her and she was right.  We left The Ship Inn at West Itchenor walking south through the village picking up the cycle path between the fields onto Sheepwash Lane, which did not live up to its name.  Skirting around the north of West Wittering we turned north onto Ella Nore Lane to pick up the New Lipchis Way on the coast of the Chichester Channel with views across the Channel, Thorney Island and even Hayling Island in the clear sunshine.  We stopped at a perfect spot with seating for all to have a well earned coffee break before heading back to the Ship Inn, where we were treated to a tasty lunch and refreshments.

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Elsted walk on 9th September 2026

We all met up early to make our lunch orders at The Three Horseshoes for Miguel and Celia's walk in Elsted and it was good to meet up with John and Sally once again. With ideal walking weather, sunny but a few clouds and a breeze, we set off towards Grevatts and then Newhouse Farm before eventually finding our ideal coffee  spot in Didling, with some extraordinary transport on show. At the foot of the nearby Harting Hill we could see the 13th century Didling Church, known as The Shepherds' Church as it is situated on the ancient drovers track along the South Downs. Suitably refreshed we headed for Treyford and disturbed some newly released game-birds on the way. With the help of a recently restored bridge, we were able to reach The Three Horshoes in good time for an excellent lunch. The walk was a little under 4 miles.

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Duncton walk on 2nd September 2026

After almost trouble free parking at The Badger Inn, we jumped into shared cars to go to our parking start point on Duncton Down for Jennifer's walk. Leaving the car park we walked up and along Woolavington Down, eventually crossing the West Sussex Literary Trail/Southdowns Way to head into the woods of Teaglaze where we were fortunate to find a pleasantly wooded picnic spot. As we relaxed and took on refreshments, a shower tried to spoil our walk, but we were able to ignore it. The forecast had been fairly damp but we suffered very little all morning. A stroll up towards Waltham Down brought us to our turning point where we headed back towards the car park. This involved walking through Crown Teaglaze and finding the West Sussex Literary Trail once again. This spot is one of the highest points on the Southdowns Way. This time we followed the West Sussex Literary Trial, only departing from it to reach our parked cars. A quick trip down the road and we then had an excellent lunch in the Badger.

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