Midhurst Footpath Companions
Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Harting Downs 16th March 2016

Nice walk by Jennifer - cold wind on top of the hills but warmer in the valleys.

Much of the walk was along The South Downs Way until we turned off

for lunch in The Royal Oak, better known as Alfie's to the older generation!

Spotted skylarks, buzzards, one fleeing red kite and a soaring glider.

John Russell, the oldest son of Bertrand Russell (who lived at nearby Telegraph House), as a boy walked down to the pub to escape from the pressure of the high expectations that his philosopher father had for him. When ‘called-up’ for military service he was a ‘Bevan boy’, becoming a coal miner. This undermined his already delicate health, and he convalesced for quite some time with Alf and Carrie, who treated him like the son they never had. (thanks to www.chichestersociety.org.uk}

South Harting

Pen Hill

Sheepish

Millpond Bottom

Oh deer?

Glider Above Harting Down

Philliswood Down

Cold wind on the hill top

Leaving Whitcombe Bottom

The Royal Oak - Alfie's

Near Telegraph House

Couple of old fellas

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