A South Downs Way Story

Introduction

Segment:

Eastbourne-Exceat

Eastbourne-Alfriston

Exceat-Southease

Alfriston-Southease

Southease-Falmer

Falmer-Ditchling Beacon

Ditchling Beacon-Pyecombe

Pyecombe-Upper Beeding

Upper Beeding-Washington

Washington-Amberley

Amberley-Cocking

Cocking-Buriton

Buriton-Exton

Exton-Winchester

 

Map

Links

© 2004 by

Clinton Andrews

 


Downs Farm


Windbreak


Winter field


The wind direction and the bus schedule led me to walk this segment in reverse. A very nice thing about Amberley was that it had a train station with regular service, not to mention a pub and an inn. This segment was not particularly inspiring for walking, however, consisting of a climb through a working farm onto the downs, a walk through a very open landscape that is either actively tilled or used for pasturing cattle and sheep, followed by a descent through another working farm to the bus that took me home. The only highlights were some dew ponds and a beautiful view of a flooded Arun River valley.

Washington-Amberley

 

6.0 miles

28 December 2002

Walked in reverse from Amberley to Washington

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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