Sue had an early check in for her operation, and I drove her over and had some time spare until I was allowed to see her post op. So I found a short walk local to the Horder centre. I found an OS one at Duddlewell. This one started at the church at Fairwarp, across to the airman's grave, up to the Crowborough road then back through the woods behind Duddleswell, and back to the church.
I followed this to cross the B22026 and continued on the other side.
The track went around Spring Garden farm and over a cross paths and through a scrubby wood.
the path was wet but not deep mud as it crossed the woods and down to a stream.
A small navigation error led to me going up the wrong path at the stream and I walked on past the path to the grave. This meant I had to bushwhack over the heather and bracken, crossing a small stream and up the other side to get back n track.
Coming out of the wilder scrub onto the correct path at the grave - a circular stone wall around the memorial.
Continuing on up the slope - trying to find the dryer sections - until the path reached a car park off Crowborough road.
The rain eased off here but I kept the waterproofs on. Turned over the top of the hill and curved around to Duddleswell.
The track left the open areas and moved through the woods at the side - slightly more muddy and narrow. The track came to a gate onto the B2026, just above the Duddleswell Tearoom.
On the other side of the road the track followed a wide track that dropped through the woods to meet up with the Wealden Way.
I left the wide track onto a footpath through the gorse and heather winding down to some houses.
A further bit of bushwhacking past the house as I could not find the marked path. This came out onto a wider track dropping to a stream. Over this and up the far side until a path angled off through the brambles.
Behind Fairwarp farm, the path followed the edge of some houses into the village of the same name.
On a back road out of the village until a path that cut back to the car park beside the church.
