Midhurst Footpath Companions
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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.

Walkers in the mist

View over the Hartings

Striding towards Beacon Hill

Dropping down Harting Common

The ‘Scott of the Antarctic’ photo homage at the base of Bramshott Bottom

The slope up from Bramshott Bottom

Sheep in the mist

Pathway in a hedgerow

Sun burning off the mist on the Downs

Church of St Mary, North Marden

View across the Downs

Leading the walk

At the edge of the Edgar Plantation

First primrose of the year

Who lives at a house like this

A lonesome cedar

The pub is that way

Standing in the shade of a yew

Lunch at The White Hart

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