Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Ramblings - Radio 4
Here's an interesting listen if you've got half hour to check up on your walking technique and being in the moment - walking for Spiritual Renewal click here
Friday, February 15, 2013
Out of Hibernation
Its was long overdue, but thought that we should come out of hibernation even though the forecast was looking a little unpredicatable.
The 3 faithful 'all-weather' hikers were on hand to meet up at Butts Brow yesterday morning and discuss the options at 9.30.
We made a slight modification to the route, as it allowed one of the walkers to check out that some recent foot problems would stand up to a rigorous walk that was planned... well actually, we were making it up as we went along.
The weather was damp and misty and with that in mind, we headed west and downwards towards Jevington. The first gate we encountered was flooded and was to be the trend of what was to become a very muddy walk.
A brief glance at the newly refurbished 'Hungry Monk' cottages and we headed back up the hill from where we'd walked down, heading east, and steadily trekked along part of the South Downs Way. We checked out if the injured party was feeling able to continue.
"Yes" was the response and we continued with what was to become a figure of 8 route, as we would pass the same spot after continuing towards the Golf Course to check if there were any hardy golfers battling against a fairly strong wind.
A few brave dog walkers and joggers were out braving the elements, however as we progressed the sun was breaking through and more blue sky was evident.
We stopped at rested a while at 'Kirsty's Kitchen', A small shed on the Golf Course which was closed and shutters well secured. Lucky for us, we had our own refreshments and proceeded to pour from our flasks and re-fuel our energy stock.
Continuing towards East Dean, we observed fields of sheep, some in areas that appeared to have little more than mud to wander around on, with nothing more than a hay dispenser for food. Other fields meanwhile were stocked with sugar beet in abundance.
We reached the lowest point of the walk at the end of Downs View Lane in East Dean and started to walk across to the opposite side of the valley.
It was warming up by the time we'd reached the next gate and the waterproof coats were not really necessary and consideration given to putting on sunglasses, but we didn't have any. Yes, the sun was getting strong and made the final mile or so, a very pleasant experience and one we couldn't have expected a few hours earlier.
We arrived back at the car park at 1.00pm and calculated around 8.5 miles completed.
The 3 faithful 'all-weather' hikers were on hand to meet up at Butts Brow yesterday morning and discuss the options at 9.30.
We made a slight modification to the route, as it allowed one of the walkers to check out that some recent foot problems would stand up to a rigorous walk that was planned... well actually, we were making it up as we went along.
The weather was damp and misty and with that in mind, we headed west and downwards towards Jevington. The first gate we encountered was flooded and was to be the trend of what was to become a very muddy walk.
A brief glance at the newly refurbished 'Hungry Monk' cottages and we headed back up the hill from where we'd walked down, heading east, and steadily trekked along part of the South Downs Way. We checked out if the injured party was feeling able to continue.
"Yes" was the response and we continued with what was to become a figure of 8 route, as we would pass the same spot after continuing towards the Golf Course to check if there were any hardy golfers battling against a fairly strong wind.
A few brave dog walkers and joggers were out braving the elements, however as we progressed the sun was breaking through and more blue sky was evident.
We stopped at rested a while at 'Kirsty's Kitchen', A small shed on the Golf Course which was closed and shutters well secured. Lucky for us, we had our own refreshments and proceeded to pour from our flasks and re-fuel our energy stock.
Continuing towards East Dean, we observed fields of sheep, some in areas that appeared to have little more than mud to wander around on, with nothing more than a hay dispenser for food. Other fields meanwhile were stocked with sugar beet in abundance.
We reached the lowest point of the walk at the end of Downs View Lane in East Dean and started to walk across to the opposite side of the valley.
It was warming up by the time we'd reached the next gate and the waterproof coats were not really necessary and consideration given to putting on sunglasses, but we didn't have any. Yes, the sun was getting strong and made the final mile or so, a very pleasant experience and one we couldn't have expected a few hours earlier.
We arrived back at the car park at 1.00pm and calculated around 8.5 miles completed.
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