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Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Chalton Day Walk 24th May 2017

This walk started at the car park next to the Red Lion in Chalton, went over Chalton and Idsworth Down to Finchdean. Then it was cross country through fields of seeded rape to  reach the Red Lion in Horndean for lunch. The return route was up to the Windmill on Windmill Hill with great views south, the Spinnaker Tower just being visible, before returning to the car park in Chalton next to the Red Lion. The Red Lion is being rethatched and the thatchers are trying to replicate the straw patterns shown in old photographs. About 8 miles in total.

Thatching the rear

Red Lion thatcher trimming the margin

Common Spotted Orchid, can be found in Siberia, China and also on Windmill Hill.

Blendworth Church, lunch is nearby!

Posing walkers.

Looking north

Climbing up Windmill Hill.

That rape was everywhere.

Idsworth House roof.

Windmill, derelict until late 1970s.

8 miles.

Dogfight over Chalton Down?!

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