Fernhurst long walk 15th March 2023

The small group met at Fernhurst, we walked west across the green and crossroads over the stream then headed north east for a short distance before turning west across the fields. We walked past Greenhill House into Oakreeds Wood, skirted round Green Hill, past the pond at the edge of Greenhill Wood, then north east through the woods. We encountered forestry works with an innovative youth experience policy where the chance to toast marshmallows and barbeque was missed. We continued through woodland to our coffee break.

The route took us onto the southern end of Marley Common and Kingsley Green before going south towards Marley Heights, on to Kingsley Copse back to Fernhurst and the Red Lion Pub for a welcome lunch. In the afternoon we head south on the road, eventually turning right across fields, past ponds, through woods and along the Verdley Place boundary where we turned west then south west, walking on the edge of Dawes Highfield Copse and into Guildford Copse. We crossed the road to Henley into Henley Copse past the industrial estate when collection of discarded waste started. We crossed the Midhurst Road, turned off through woodland, over fields, passed through Whitter’s Copse up to Hawkfold. Some of the paths had been widened and temporary track covering put down to assist the new power cabling project in the area. There were lots of big toys to admire! We made it back to Fernhurst. The walk was just over 10 miles.