I had to take the van out so that the driveway was empty for a photo shoot, so
I took it down to the Wey & Arun Canal car park beside the Onslow Arms in
Loxwood. After parking the van up I walked back home along the canal, adder
field and through the village.
Once the photographer had left I chose to return to the van via a number of
the wooded areas around the area looking for Bluebell displays. I set off down
the path to Orchard Cottage, and across to Beldhamland farm then Hurst
Farmhouse - the route I often use to get to the Joust field.
The track through the woods was a little soggy, and had been trashed by a
tractor recently, however, once I had taken the branch to the Joust field
everything improved. Behind the joust arena the first impressive display came
into view, then continued along the other side around Hurst Copse up to the
B2133,
Down the footpath beside the wood yard - Scandia Huss factory - after the
initial grass around a horse field the path disappeared under a swath of
Bluebells then with a mix of ferns thrown in.
Into Hookland copse and the banks beside the path were covered.
Down the path towards the canal, there were more displays as the path dropped towards a stream.
The final large display was in Birch copse, before leaving the woods to circle around to Brewhurst mill and farm.
Along the canal to centre at the Onslow arms. Since I needed a couple more kilometres to make the weekly target, I chose to add in a loop, by going up to the old shop and down the path to Devil's hole lock, before finally returning to the car park.
