Midhurst Footpath Companions
Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Iping walk on 3rd August 2022

We met up outside Iping Marsh Graveyard, Catherine and Andy then leading us and guest walker Janette up the Serpent Trail to Titty Hill. From there we headed South towards Oakham Common and Iping, after passing through the Iping Cross Country Course. No-one was foolish enough to attempt a jump so we arrived safely at Iping Church for our drinks break. The church has been rebuilt several times, the last time being in 1885, but there are many older residents in the church yard. After refreshments we passed through a field of asparagus and eventually found the path to take us through the grounds of the Chithurst Buddhist Monastery. Accommodation, food and teaching are offered for free, but the minimum period for a woman staying there is a month, if she's not been there before. Strangely the minimum period for a man is 3 nights.  We tried very hard to be respectfully quiet for the following 1/2 mile, before we found Moorhouse Lane and back to our start point. We then moved on to the  Jolly Drover where we were very well looked after.

Luckily that lorry was actually reversing!

Heading for Titty Hill

Deep gully as we approached Oakham Common

Oakham Common

One too many paths to choose from.

Iping Cross Country Course

Drinks break

Asparagus field

Descending Hammer Lane

Entrance to Chithurst Monastery

Hammer Pond 

Hammer Pond, a reminder of the iron industry that once pervaded all of the South East.

So what it that over there?

Buddha keeping an eye on us

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Hammer Wood

Definitely not catkins

Approaching Robin's Farm

Happy diners at the Jolly Drover

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