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Stedham walk on 26th March 2025

Our 4.7 mile walk lead by Celia and Miguel  started from The Hamilton Arms down School Lane, past Stedham Primary School onto The Street and then Stedham Lane.  The good weather had dried out the footpath to Iping along the River Rother south bank.  At Iping we crossed the river up to St Mary Church where we took the footpath at the edge of the field with horses, over a combined set of steps and stile coming out onto Stanwater Lane.  Bearing left off the road into woodland we  had our habitual coffee break, as the sky clouded over, before breaking into the open fields again onto Tote Lane and off into fields by Woodgate Farm.  Heading south, we crossed Stedham Lane and descended to Stedham Weir and Mill where we stopped to admire the Mill and the work being undertaken on the weirs.  The footpath followed the course of the River Rother north bank past Stedham Hall to the south where we joined Stedham Lane at Bridgefoot and crossed the medieval Stedhan Bridge to retrace our steps to The Hamilton Arms where we enjoyed our Thai lunch. The population of Stedham in 1086 consisted of 23 villagers, 16 smallholders and 10 slaves. We saw no signs of the slaves.

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Fittleworth walk on 19th March 2025

Parking was a premium near The Swan Inn in Lower Fittleworth where we assembled for our 5 mile walk.  The sun shone and the lack of rain over the previous days ensured most of the going was dry with occasional muddy and wet parts.  A gentle hill took us past Hesworth Grange onto Hesworth Common where lots of silver birch had been felled to protect the heathland, turning back on ourselves when we reached the disused pit into woodland.  Crossing the car park for the Common, then the road near the 11^th Century, Grade I listed St Mary’s church, the path took us between houses.  Staying on The Serpent Trail, we passed the Primary School and village shop and café where we resisted the temptation to stop, crossed the main road walking between fields and woodland until we reached Churchwood where a sealed well provided a good location to sit for our coffee break.  More up hill walking took us into Fittleworth Wood where we turned south on reaching the edge of Stopham Estate walking beside fields onto the track by Lee Farm until we reached the edge of Fittleworth Common.  A zigzag path took us at the edge of cattle fields to the large puddles on a track back to the pub.  A bar food lunch finished off our outing.

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Milland walk on 15th March 2025

Mark and Jo gathered us together at The Rising Sun in Milland for our walk of just under 5 miles.  His walking boots attested to the muddiness of his prewalk which thankfully led to an adjustment of the route to avoid the worst of it.  We started off down Rake Road in the hope that it would warm up and we may get some sunshine, turned into Cook’s Pond Road by the Pond and then onto footpaths across fields towards New Barn Farm when we reached the bridleway walking to the south beside fields.  At Trotton Marsh, we strolled down Borden Lane where we joined the Serpent Trail and into Holm Wood where we stopped for our coffee break.  Staying in the woods we dropped down back onto Borden Lane, crossed Cook’s Pond Road and the Hammer Stream, through Kingsham Wood and a field to come out onto Milland Road by the cemetery of the now demolished Church of the Good Shepherd at Iping Marsh.  The route back to The Rising Sun was back up Milland Road, to the pub where we enjoyed our lunch and refreshments.

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Harting and Beacon Hill walk on 8th March 2025

We met up at the National Trust car park near Beacon Hill where the fantastic views that normally greet us were shrouded in mist.  Jay and Lindsay led us on The South Downs Way towards Beacon Hill to the crossroads at the base of the hill where our route headed south climbing up the side of Bramshott Bottom.  The paths were a bit muddy, made more slippery by the damp chalk underfoot as well which resulted in some good saves as we slipped.  The southward route took us past Telegraph House towards Germanleith Copse when we turned to a downhill path, crossing the Harting Lavant road.  At North Marden we turned past the 12th Century St Mary church, crossing the fields as the sun started burning off the mist and made our way towards Edgar Plantation.  At this point we turned north walking at the edges of fields and copses until we recrossed the road taking the path parallel to the road through woods on Harting Hill back to the car park.  We retired to South Harting and The White Hart where we enjoyed a hearty lunch.

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Frensham walk on 26th February 2025

Our 4.8 mile walk in rain and around puddles started at the recreation ground car park of Shortfield.  We walked down Shortfield Common Road past The Holly Bush and on to Spreakley when we took a turn right onto a footpath that took us through fields, besides woods and into Hallsgrove Copse and Woodhill Lane.  We then walked east back to Shortfield Common Road to head south towards Dockenfield, then turning left over River Wey on a footbridge to the east bank.  Following the river bank we reached Frensham Great Pond and onto the information centre and café where we stopped for coffee and cake.  The rain had eased off before the stop but returned to dampen our break, goading us to get going again.  Our route took us across Frensham Common, over Mill Lane and behind some houses in Frensham, past St Mary the Virgin Church, across the River Wey again back towards Spreakley and onto the vehicles to deposit our wet gear and retire to The Holly Bush for an excellent lunch and refreshments.

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