Midhurst Footpath Companions
Walking in Sussex, Hampshire and Surrey.

Rogate walk on 5th February 2025

Isabel led our walk of just over 4 miles having pre walked it and modified it a number of times due to the mud.  Setting off from The Jolly Drover at Hill Brow near Liss we crossed the road onto Rogate Common walking through the woodland to Commonside where we saw a Robin and a squirrel diving under the eaves of an outhouse.  Isabel had seen deer here on the pre walk, but we made too much noise and must have scared them away.  The path across the field with the remains of corn stalks was clear and firm under foot with a surprise of snowdrops as we made our way onto the local roads and up towards Rogate Lodge where we stopped for our coffee break taking the benefit of low walls to sit.  We made our way back into the woods of Rogate Common climbing slowly, crossed the Hill Brow to Borden road, back into the woods dropping down the hill to Tullecombe where we picked up the Serpent Trail, following the slope of Combe Hill marvelling at the insane twists, drops and jumps for the mountain bike courses that crossed our path.  We made our way back to The Jolly Drover where our lunch was excellent.

Ready to go

Blue sky, sun and green to lift our spirits

Safety in numbers

Woods on Rogate Common

Views to the glorious South Downs

Making our way through the remains of the corn field

First snowdrops of the year

The sun struggling to burn off the mist

Toro and Toreador sizing each other up

These were a safer size though

You’ve got to have a laugh

It’s like this, there was this bull see …….

Waiting for the perfect composition

Having cleared the mountain bike assault course, it was time to stride for the pub

The lunch venue

Route of our 4 5 mile walk

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