Sue was helping out on the Tombola stall at the Brinsbury show , so after
leaving her there Bertie and I went off for a walk around and about.
Heading first down through the farm and out onto the fields beyond
Then after a couple of misdirection - first along an overgrown river walk, then
avoiding very young cattle in a field by going the long way around,
finally through a field up and down a back road to Snape farm. All this walking
through fields with long grass still damp with dew and the rain of previous days
had caused my boots to be soaked and squelchy.
The road, changed from tarmac to dirt and then finally into a green lane, and it
curved around from North to West. In addition we got some views over the Arun
valley towards Wisborough Green
Continuing in the fields. happily though the path was well marked and clear of
long grass, so my feet did not get any wetter.
The track touched the route we had walked on the Lording lock circuit, before
turning along the wild meadows to Tanners farm. Hence down the drive way to
cross over Lording's lane.
more fields and then into Great Lordings Wood, which must be a local walking
area for Billingshurst.
Beyond the wood was another pasture field bordering on the A29. We had a raised
path to loop around before crossing up to Denham's farm
The track from the farm led over the main trainline and into fenced off grass
fields. The other side of the fence was the new outer limit for construction
around Billingshurst.
We continuded on paths beside long grass fields in a series of knight's moves
until crossing into Marringdean Wood.
the grass fields then continued as did the knights moves around the edges,
except around Jackmans farm was a narrow fenced in path
Crossing over the back road to Adversane and into the estate on the other side
leading down to Steepwood farm. We did surprise a deer i the field beside the
driveway.
Passing the farm around the side - I did begin to wonder if the fields around
here were fallow due to going out of business - and down to a green lane
The lane ended at Beeding copse, which I think must have been laid out for horse
exercise, before walking down the driveway, until it came out though an entrance
gate.
Turning down past Stall House, and then an under used path fenced off beside a
horse field, we came out at the railway line again. This time we had to walk
over the rails, after climbing up steps on the bank - Bertie was annoyed that he
had to be manhandled over the stiles.
We followed the farm track beyond the railway until it met the A29, and we had no option but to walk up it to the college entrance, luckily the vehicles were all slowed down by the queues going into the college.
back along the footpath through the college and over to the van in the car park.
