Tuesday 29 September 2009: n.t. car park, outwood, opposite the windmill
Walkers: fartyfallover; GRANDAD - token bloke (it's a boy - Kieran and a hefty 8lbs) wendynonills, sally, clatchat,
joined for lunch by maggie - see further.
Fabulous weather - again. For t.b.'s benefit, i shall be inserting more full stops - full stop!
Slight confusion over who was leading today's walk, so it became a joint effort between farty and clat. If anyone wants to lead a walk then please do so! full stop
Another slight confusion at the beginning of the walk, as we made a complete circle round a wood. n.b. - never trust the n.t. routes, as they are different from those marked on the o.s. maps. met rather rotund lady with 3 dogs - she had verbal diarrhoea, and you thought i was bad. however, she helped with guidance round a very badly marked route. the local farmer does not encourage walkers. we opted out of visiting Horne, which is apparently, a very pretty place.
Once on track, we had wonderful views, open vistas, and amazing aircraft spotting, as they came in to gatwick, long and low. only one field of cows, plus calves, who were not at all bothered by us, or the pretty young blonde thing with a husky-type dog, who we endeavoured to protect with our sticks. however t.b. found a lovely juicy fresh cow pat. lots of blackberries, and farms to pass through. one section took us alongside the m23 so talk came to a halt - what a racket, -found dead shrew - but once back into the woods ,we could gossip again. rather worryingly all the horses round these parts have shrunk - or have we walked as far as the shetland isles? ha ha ha.
the walk was reduced a little, due to tiredness and the onset of pub lunchtime hours, so another reason for a re-run round these parts. spied a pair of knees next to a hedge, but did not stop to investigate. walk lasted about three hours.
rushed off to the Bell pub, and just in time, but they were running late by 20mins for hots so ordered colds + one soup(when you order roasted pepper and tomato, you get chicken,leek and bacon. we were joined by another pair of knees belonging to maggie, who came appropriately late, and in-appropriately dressed. We advised against the wearing of bermudas, as colourful as they were. The shiny boots were very impressive, but we soon managed to dust them up in the car park.
Next walk: Tuesday 6th october, leigh church, opposite the plough pub. please be ready to start the walk at 1030 as we lose valuable pub time!!
Walkers: fartyfallover; GRANDAD - token bloke (it's a boy - Kieran and a hefty 8lbs) wendynonills, sally, clatchat,
joined for lunch by maggie - see further.
Fabulous weather - again. For t.b.'s benefit, i shall be inserting more full stops - full stop!
Slight confusion over who was leading today's walk, so it became a joint effort between farty and clat. If anyone wants to lead a walk then please do so! full stop
Another slight confusion at the beginning of the walk, as we made a complete circle round a wood. n.b. - never trust the n.t. routes, as they are different from those marked on the o.s. maps. met rather rotund lady with 3 dogs - she had verbal diarrhoea, and you thought i was bad. however, she helped with guidance round a very badly marked route. the local farmer does not encourage walkers. we opted out of visiting Horne, which is apparently, a very pretty place.
Once on track, we had wonderful views, open vistas, and amazing aircraft spotting, as they came in to gatwick, long and low. only one field of cows, plus calves, who were not at all bothered by us, or the pretty young blonde thing with a husky-type dog, who we endeavoured to protect with our sticks. however t.b. found a lovely juicy fresh cow pat. lots of blackberries, and farms to pass through. one section took us alongside the m23 so talk came to a halt - what a racket, -found dead shrew - but once back into the woods ,we could gossip again. rather worryingly all the horses round these parts have shrunk - or have we walked as far as the shetland isles? ha ha ha.
the walk was reduced a little, due to tiredness and the onset of pub lunchtime hours, so another reason for a re-run round these parts. spied a pair of knees next to a hedge, but did not stop to investigate. walk lasted about three hours.
rushed off to the Bell pub, and just in time, but they were running late by 20mins for hots so ordered colds + one soup(when you order roasted pepper and tomato, you get chicken,leek and bacon. we were joined by another pair of knees belonging to maggie, who came appropriately late, and in-appropriately dressed. We advised against the wearing of bermudas, as colourful as they were. The shiny boots were very impressive, but we soon managed to dust them up in the car park.
Next walk: Tuesday 6th october, leigh church, opposite the plough pub. please be ready to start the walk at 1030 as we lose valuable pub time!!
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