Walk #6
Date: Wed 19th June
Time: 6.00pm
Where: The Sussex Oak, Warnham
Parking: Car park beside the pub (there is also some on-road parking if required).
Designer: Neal Z.
Route:
Whilst the route looks like a figure-of-eight the plan is to walk both “loops” in a clockwise direction. Providing we don’t dawdle (and the weather is clement) there will be a short break for refreshment at the Chequers Inn in Rowhook.
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Report from Mr Z.
All’s well that ends well they say. And it ended well. All 16 people, and two dogs, by my count, comfortably settled in the pub garden on the warmest day of the year. Not only that but Gail had brought cupcakes for us all!
Getting to that happy point, however, was the story of the day with 3 different groups of people having different stories. I knew I’d be in trouble when I accepted a lift from Mr Tilling…and sure enough we were in time to be late…(my suspicions were confirmed when his AC failed to work on the press of the button…shortly before hitting a closed M23…the cause of the 3 way split..and a stuffy spell for some).
Several others, already at the pub, were itching to start walking and only Fran was able to keep the group splitting into 4 mini groups. Once assembled, the larger group took in the deer park at the start and red phone box at the end with a quick half taken in half way round at Rowhook.
It was at Rowhook that we met up with Simon and Franklin…who took the shorter route there…they expressed disappointment at not meeting up with the third group who stayed around Warnham and occupied their time by checking out the graveyard in some detail. Such stories were swapped at the Sussex Oak over said cupcakes. The good news continued towards the end of the evening with Franklin getting a lift from Mr Tilling, who not only got him back safe and sound but also had worked some magic on the AC button.
