Way Down South III

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Part 2
On our third weekend on the South Downs Way, we reached a momentous juncture – after having crawled across five folds on our map, we finally crossed on to the other side. Luckily, Side B only has three days of walking on it. The second of these – the Sunday – was supposed to [...]

Way down south II

Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

Part 1
Despite my blisters, I’d been looking forward to walking the second quarter of the South Downs Way. So, last weekend we set off again. On the Saturday leg, we were joined by one of the lovely Autumn’s friends, Bruce. Wiry and fit, he often works as a professional football referee. Clever and ambitious, Bruce [...]

Way down south

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009

What with The Crunch, we’re all meant to be taking our holidays at home this year. But would anyone who’s sat for hours in a traffic jam just to get to somewhere that’s crowded, costly and water-logged, want to bother? Britain can’t really compete with Continental Europe can it?
It turns out you don’t have to [...]