A Blast Across the Downs

The unsettled weather is set to continue all week but at least it’s not raining, just blowing a gale or at least that’s what it feels like. Time for a walk from Kingley Vale over the Downs to Stoughton and back. Early in the morning there are quite a few dog walkers about, all oblivious […]

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Crowds of Walkers at Itchenor

A pleasant day, if a bit breezy with the tide out makes Itchenor attractive. Too attractive it would appear as there were a dozen or more groups of walkers going around the same walk we do on a regular basis but counter clockwise. It felt like someone in the Times had published the walk this […]

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30+ In Chidham

It’s forecast to be the hottest day in the year and was 28 degrees went we set off for the walk around Chidham. It rose to 30 by the time we left and was expected to rise even higher later in the day. It’s not the best of conditions for walking but it’s great for […]

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Summer Sun

It’s two days past the Summer solstice and the sunny weather has settled in for the next few days, temperatures of 34 degrees are forecast! This has to end in a thunderstorm later in the week but it’s nice while it lasts. At Apuldram it’s all rather dry, plenty of green grass and crops but […]

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Butterflies Around Itchenor

After several rather mediocre days today was bright, sunny and warm with nothing more than a slight breeze, ideal conditions for butterflies. Thankfully they were out in much larger numbers than any other day this year. We went for the circular walk around Itchenor so the first field was just south of the lane of […]

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Swallows and Swifts at Appuldrum

We were rather later going out, about 10am, for the usual circular walk around Apuldrum so it was a bit warmer and the rain had dried up. Walking along the field between the church and the Harbour I was amazed by how many Swallows and Swifts were there zooming about over the Barley that was […]

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Caught out in a Downpour at Prinstead

Well, the forecast was for showers but we got a bit more than that; it seemed worth going out, even though it was threatening. The birds were singing and plenty of other folk were out innocently walking. Alongside the path to the sea and near the sea wall clumps of Mallow had grown to a […]

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Two Short Walks

Today we had a short walk around the walls before going to Maidenhead where we did the circular walk around the Green Way. It’s been a warm day with plenty of sunshine but also some sharp showers, fortunately we missed them walking but had a difficult moment driving through one of them later on! In […]

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Amongst the Dunes at Wittering

A short family walk around East Head today and our Grand Daughter wanted to spend much of the time amongst the dunes which was fortuitous as there were plenty of interesting plants to see. The ground nesting birds were still about so Dogs had to be kept on a lead and several areas were roped […]

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Delights on the Downs

After the intense showers a bright, sunny day with a pleasant breeze, perfect walking weather so it’s off to the Downs. We hadn’t been around Goodwood and Levin Down for a while so that was the choice. It’s a shame the car park at the Trundle had been closed off but that’s Goodwood Estate for […]

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