A South Downs Way Story
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Ellen accompanied me on this segment. Things started inauspiciously, because as soon as we got off the bus at Housedean Farm on the A27 it started to rain. We didn’t have full rain gear, and we wound up ineffectually wearing garbage bags to try to keep dry. The beginning was an uphill slog through woods and across inhabited fields. Eventually, the rain diminished and we reached the edge of the escarpment. We took a quick walk up to Black Cap, the highest point, and then we parted ways temporarily. I walked all of the way down into the Weald to the wonderful Half Moon pub in Plumpton for a pint and a delicious, family style hot meal, whereas Ellen stayed on top of the escarpment and slowly slogged toward Ditchling Beacon. After lunch I climbed back up onto the downs and met Ellen some miles later in the Ditchling Beacon car park. Eventually a bus came and rescued us from the rain. The Half Moon was well worth the fairly strenuous diversion, in my opinion.
Falmer-Ditchling Beacon
5.3 miles
3 November 2002