Sheet to Steep walk on 30th March 2022

We started out, led by Denis, from The Half Moon in Sheet and headed to the stream at Sheet Mill. The little egret was once again in his favourite spot where he seems to have  perched in the spring for at least the last 2 years. After visiting Sheet Common we crossed the A272 and found our way to the Sheet Millennium Field before crossing the golf course. After going under a busy A3, we turned left to find a house, once the home of Alec Guinness. We continued to the Ashford Stream but instead of turning left towards The Harrow we turned right and found a picnic spot high above a sunken stream. Suitably refreshed, we headed towards Steep Marsh but then turned west towards Steep Farm and then on to Steep Church. From there we passed the playing fields of Bedales School before crossing over the A3 and eventually finding our way through Sheet village to the Half Moon, where we enjoyed a very pleasant lunch. The walk was about 4.1/2 miles.

Setting out

Sheet Mill

Inside that red ring is a little white thing

Aha - that's what a tele-photo lens can do!

Descending down from Steep Common

Wild fritillary in the Millennium Field

Once the home of Sir Alec Guinness CH CBE aka Dr. Zhivago's half-brother

Having a look in the Ashford Stream

Some sat with their back to a fence

Others with their backs to a very deep ditch!

Heading for Steep Farm

OK, OK, I give in, your stick is bigger than mine!

Ashford stream valley was a nursery for spring flowers

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Cowslip, blackthorn and marsh marigold.

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Yellow Archangel of the dead-nettle family............... Lady's Smock/Milkmaid/Cuckooflower/Dancing Ladies/Fairy flower, May flower and Coco plant  OR Cardamine pratensis.

Admiral Edward Hawker's last port of call, Steep Church. He was a lieutenant in the navy at the age of 14, in command of a cutter in the West Indies at the age of 19 and a captain by the age of 22, fought many battles and had 6 sons and 3 daughters - a busy life.

Photographer has apologized for the unfortunate sign placement.

Garden decorations in Sheet

Dining in the Half Moon

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