Breakaway Club

2009 Walks

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Here are some photos from our walks in 2009. Click on the photos for a larger image.

Bluebells at The Dover
19th April 2009

It's been a very good year for bluebells and on our walk from The Dover we saw plenty of them.

BREAKAWAY CLUBS TEMPORARY MOVE TO LANCING

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Breakaway Clubs Temporary Move To Lancing

As most of you are aware, the Charles Dickens will shortly be undergoing refurbishment, during which time it will be closed for 6 to 8 weeks. Therefore, Breakaways last meeting here will be on the 13th of May.

Arrangements have been made for us to meet at the Farmers in Lancing as of the 20th of May. The Farmers is less than 5 minutes walk south of the railway station where South and North Street meet and there is ample car parking all around.

On the 20th entry will be free to all, and alongside the usual nibbles there will be extras such as cheese and pineapple, sausages on sticks, small cakes etc.

We will have exclusive use of a bar which has an exit door to a smoking shelter. There will be no charge to the club for the bar meaning that the entry fee can be reduced to £1 whilst we are there.

Unfortunately there is no facility to hold our darts evenings and so our June darts night will be arranged for the middle of June at the Locomotive in Littlehampton where they do a nice little super. Watch notice board for details.

We thank you all for supporting the club and look forward to seeing you there on the 20th.

Local Events

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Here are some local events for November 2007 that Breakaway members will be attending

For Club events, see Breakaway Club Events

Saturday 10th November - Soul and Motown night at the Shoreham Centre, Pond Road, Shoreham.Tickets £6 on the door.

After the fire we are advised that all events will be held in the small hall until further notice. Any queries phone Kelly on 07961 851690

Friday 16th November - Singles Disco at the Shoreham Centre. Tickets £5 on the door.

Friday 23rd November - 60's, 70's and 80's Disco night. Tickets £5 on the door.

No Arun Solos on 30th November, this will be on 7th December

Club Events

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NOVEMBER 2007 PROGRAMME

See some other local events that Breakaway Club members will be attending.

Tuesday 6th November -Club Night at the Charles Dickens 8.30pm - 11pm with DJ and dancing, raffle, membership snowball and don't forget the chance of £5 door prize if you arrive before 9.30pm. Come and book your place for the Canal Boat trip on 18th.

Tuesday 13th November - Club Night at the Charles Dickens 8.30.pm-11pm. Join us for a bit of a dance and chat. It's your last chance to book for the canal trip on Sunday. Also DJ and dancing, raffle, membership snowball and £5 door prize.

Sunday 18th November - A Canal Boat Trip on the Chichester Canal. Meet at 10am at the cafe in the Canal Basin for boat trip and lunch out.

Tuesday 20th November - Club Night at the Charles Dickens 8.30pm - 11pm with DJ and dancing, raffle membership snowball and don't forget the chance of £5 door prize if you arrive before 9.30pm. Thinking about a good walk on Sunday? Let Enid know if you're going and they will wait for you if you're a bit late.

Sunday 25th November - Walking with Keith at the helm! Meet at 10am at the south gate of Hangleton Church for an approximate 8 mile circular walk going up to Devils' Dyke. To get there turn off the A27 onto the A293 for Portslade (the road to Sainsburys). Turn left at the first roundabout then left by the green 500 yards on. Park by the green. The church is at the north end. Take a banana, you'll need the energy. More info...

Tuesday 27th November - Club Night at the Charles Dickens 8.30pm-11pm with DJ and dancing or maybe no dancing if you're still aching from the walk! Raffle, membership snowball and the chance of £5 door prize if you arrive before 9.30pm.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Saturday 15th December - Breakaway Christmas Dinner at the Arun View in Littlehampton starting at 7.30pm.

Menus are now available as advance ordering is required, please see Enid to place your order.

Tuesday 18th December - Christmas party at the Charles Dickens. Limited to sixty members so please put your name on the list and ask Gina for your ticket.

New Years Eve Party - Malcolm has open invite to club members to his home for a New years celebration. Thank you Malcolm. See Notice Board.

Weekend Away - Late March early April.

See Notice Board.

Suggestion Box- Test Page

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We will be having a suggestion box in future on club nights so anyone with any thoughts for events please put them on a slip of paper and pop them into the box.

Test Page 2

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Our three Sunday events in July proved popular and the sun shone. Firstly, the committee would like to thank Geoff (and Brenda for helping him) for all his hard work arranging a Beetle Drive at his house and providing a splendid buffet. We all had a fantastic time and proved once again that this game is very entertaining. Jean and Brett took the prizes for the top scores. Colin won the Pitch & Putt at Arundel with only Martin scoring a hole in one! Most of us then walked to the Black Rabbit for lunch al fresco by the river. Ray’s outing to the Arun & Wey canal was enjoyable for those that travelled to Loxwood especially with a meal at the Onslow Arms before the boat trip.

Test Page: Weekend Breaks

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OCTOBER 2007 PROGRAMME

Sunday 10th April - A Countryside Walk around Burpham and Arundel - Keith has volunteered once again to lead and hopefully the weather will be as good as last time. Meet at the car park behind the George and Dragon in Burpham at 10.30am for an eight /nine mile walk. For further details or see Keith on club nights.

Tuesday 12th April – Club night at the Charles Dickens, dancing to music by Gordon, raffle and membership draw.

Saturday 16th April – Hot Buttered Soul, An evening of 60’s, 70’s and 80’s Soul & Motown Classics at King Alfred, Kingsway, Hove 8 pm til 1am Tickets £6 at the door.

Tuesday 19th April – Club night at the Charles Dickens, dancing to music by Keith, raffle and membership draw.

Friday 22nd April - Spectrum at Shoreham Centre, Pond Road, Shoreham, from 8pm to 12pm. Entrance Fee £5 with music by Mick Casey. Due to low numbers in March this may well be the last time this dance is held so please support it this month to keep it going.

A test page

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Temporary move: please note that from Tuesday 20th May, for about 6 weeks, we will be meeting at The Farmers in Lancing instead of at the Charles Dickens. The format of the evening will be the same as usual so please come along.

Here are some local events for May 2008 that Breakaway members will be attending

For Club events, see Breakaway Club Events

Friday 30th May Arun Solos at Arundel Cricket Club on A27 toward Chichester. Its 8.30 – 11.30pm and tickets are £6 on the door. The very reasonably priced drinks and good dance music make it worth going. They give a door prize too! See you there maybe.

Summer BBQ

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Here are some photos from our summer BBQ held at Malcolm's on 11th August. Click on each photo to see a larger image.

Pitch & Putt

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Here are some photos from our pitch and putt at Arundel on 22nd July. Click on each photo to see a larger image.

Visit by Moss

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On 11th July, Moss travelled from London to entertain us and as always he was superb and kept us dancing all evening.

20 Years of Breakaway Reunion

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20 Years of Breakaway Reunion

Our 20 Years of Breakaway Reunion at the Parish Hall in Lancing was a great success. After months of planning, we filled the hall bringing current members together with past, reuniting friends and forging new friendships. There were plenty of photographs for reminiscing earlier events, many it seems were in fancy dress, maybe something we should try again. The impressive buffet, arranged by Maggi and Enid, was supplied by Sainsbury’s and complimented by many. We are not being paid to advertise but we do recommend the deli counter of your nearest branch if you are organising an event, extremely good value for money and well presented. Ray kindly donated the magnificent Breakaway cake, baked by his sister Pat and two of the original members cut the first slice before it was shared. If anyone has any photographs of the evening please could they see Enid, as there have been requests for copies. Our four DJ’s, Keith, Paul, Gordon & Allan took their turns throughout the evening and kept the dance floor busy with their great choice of disco music. Brett won the top raffle prize of £50 cash and Jane chose the DVD player, which had been previously donated by a member.

We’ve had an e-mail from one of the first members of Breakaway. Peter Smith who now lives in Thailand would love to hear from any of the original members so if you remember him and want to get in touch please ask Enid for his e-mail address.

Here are some more photos of the 20 Year Reunion Party. If you want any copies please let us know.

Darts Tournament

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Here are some photos from our Darts Tournament held on 22nd June. Click on each photo for a larger image.

Beach BBQ

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Here are some photos from our Beach BBQ held on 17th June. Click on each photo for a larger image.

2005 Walks

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Here are some photos from our walks in 2005. Click on the photos for a larger image.

Kingley Vale
18th Sep 2005

Our walk from West Stoke took us through Kingley Vale.

This is the view from the top of Kingley Vale. The Isle of Wight is on the horizon to the right and to the left of this you can see the inlets of Chichester Harbour and Langstone Harbour. Over on the left we could see Chichester Cathedral, but you won't make it out on this photo.

We've seen deer on several of our walks, but never this many before!

Seven Sisters Walk From Exceat
4th Sep 2005

This walk took us from Exceat, over the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head into Eastbourne.

The walk had lots of ups and downs. This is the view after the first climb up from sea level, looking down on Cuckmere Haven with Seaford Head behind. If you go onto the beach below Seaford Head at low tide, you can find the remains of the first cross-channel telephone cable connecting England to France.

Looking back to Seaford head.

This is where we're heading, along the cliff-tops as far as the eye can see and beyond.

That strange thing on the left is a temporary sculpture. Beyond it, where the cliff dips right down, is Birling gap.

The view looking back.

This is Birling Gap, looking back over the Seven Sisters.

Birling Gap.

Looking back to Birling Gap.

Our first view of Beachy Head lighthouse.

This is Belle Tout, the old lighthouse used before the modern one was built in the sea. Some years ago it was used as the setting for a BBC drama series. The whole structure was once moved back from the cliff edge to prevent it falling into the sea.

Some of our intrepid party.

It's a long way down there!

Eastbourne just coming into sight. It's all downhill now.

Nearly there! Our walk finished at the pier, where we caught a bus back to Exceat.

2006 Walks

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Here are some photos from our walks in 2006. Click on the photos for a larger image.

Patching Pond
17th Dec 2006

This is the view looking across to Longfurlong.

Patching Pond at the end of our walk.

Wisborough Green
15th Oct 2006

With horns like those, it's lucky we didn't have to walk through that lot! But shortly afterwards, we entered a field with a bull wandering around...

This is at Hawkhurst Court, in the middle of The Mens ancient woodland.

When we stopped for lunch this dog appeared. He begged for scraps, but sometimes we're a mean lot!

Lavington Common
17th Sep 2006

This is the view from the spot where we stopped for lunch.

John attempting to make an exit from the field with the frisky donkey.

Jack and Jill Windmills Walk
27th August 2006

Here are a few photos from the walk we had starting from the Jack and Jill Windmills.

The view from Ditchling Beacon.

Some views from Wolstonbury Hill looking back towards the Jack and Jill windmills.

This is the entrance to the railway tunnel at Clayton - there's somebody living there!

Eartham Wood
14th May 2006

On our walk from Eartham Wood we saw lots of bluebells.

You can just make out Halnaker Windmill on the hill.

Bignor
30th April 2006

Scene seen at Bignor on our walk from Whiteways Lodge.

2007 Walks

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Here are some photos from our walks in 2007. Click on the photos for a larger image.

Hurstpierpoint
20th May 2007

We had a very steep climb up Wolstonbury Hill, but as you can see below the view was well worth it!

Alpacas near Danny.

This is Danny.

Danny again, with Wolstonbury Hill in the background.

Rackham
22nd Apr 2007

Here we passed by one of those huge fields of yellow that you see at this time of the year.

In the woods!

This poem was on one of the stiles we used near Storrington. It reads:

Although the world was made for you,
The landscape green, the heaven blue,
Scent and colour, taste and sound
And all the good things from the ground.
Although the world was made for you,
God fashioned it for others too,
So leave it sweeter where you pass,
Nor spoil one single blade of grass.
Enjoy the good things but be fair -
God meant each one to have his share.

We found this slow worm stuck on the path - he just couldn't get a grip on the sandy surface, so we helped him along with a push.

We saw lots of gliders being towed up and coming in to land at the gliding club airfield.

Parham House.

Arundel
25th Mar 2007

We started from Swanbourne Lake in Arundel and although the weather had warmed up after the recent cold spell, it was still rather overcast - not a good day for photos!

This is the view we had looking towards Amberley and Rackham Hill.

Walking through Arundel Park.

Here we are back by Swanbourne Lake, nearly at the end of the walk.

Burpham
18th Feb 2007

Here you can see the flooding at Amberley Wild Brooks.

A distant view of Arundel Castle. As you can see, it was a very grey day.

The bison at Burpham. They don't seem to do much.

Findon Valley
21st Jan 2007

Here are a couple of views from Cissbury Ring.

Previous Events

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Previous Events

Use the links below to see photos from some of our previous events.

2007 Events

2006 Events

Visit by Moss

Club Events

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DECEMBER 2009 / JANUARY 2010 PROGRAMME

See some other local events that Breakaway Club members will be attending.

An important message from the bar staff:

Please be aware that the basement bar does not open until 8.30pm.

Visitors to the club arriving before 8.30pm are politely asked to get their drinks from the upstairs bar. Thank you.

December 2009

Nominated Charity of the Month: Chestnut Tree House Children’s Hospice

Tuesday 1st: Club night at the Charles Dickens pub in Heene Road. Join us between 8.30 and 11pm, for a chance to socialise, make new friends, dance, and take part in the raffle. For those who are members there is also a chance of winning the door prize or the snowball, or if you are lucky – both!

Saturday 5th: Breakaway Christmas Party at the Bowls Club in Pavilion Road, from 7.30 until 11.45pm, cost £10.00 for members, £11.50 non-members. The buffet will be served between 8.45 and ten. Names on the notice board please, and payment to Enid.

Tuesday 8th: Club Night at the Charles Dickens from 8.30 until 11pm. A sociable evening catching up with friends old and new. Raffle, door prize, snowball for members.

Saturday 12th: Keith’s Walk. Meet at 10.00am at the east end of Crossbush Lane cul de sac, accessed only from Crossbush village by the Crossbush Hotel on the A27 near Arundel. The walk will be about 8¼ miles with not too many hills. Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and a drink. More info and map...

Tuesday 15th: Club Night at the Charles Dickens from 8.30 until 11pm. Christmas Quiz, organised by Peter, and the usual raffle, and the door prize, snowball for members.

Tuesday 22nd: Club Night at the Charles Dickens from 8.30 until 11pm. The Christmas Raffle will be drawn, as well as the snowball prize and usual door prize for members. Come along and enjoy our last club night of the year, dancing and enjoying the Christmas spirit with friends.

Thursday 31st December NEW YEAR’S EVE: Join us at Penny’s for our New Year’s Eve Party, from 8pm. £5.00 a head and bring a bottle. Have a word with Penny if you would like to come.

January 2010

Tuesday 5th: Club Night at the Charles Dickens pub in Heene Road. Start as you mean to go on and come to the first club night of 2010. Have a drink or two, dance and take part in the raffle. Door and snowball prizes for members.

Tuesday 12th: Club night at the Charles Dickens. 8.30 until 11pm.

Saturday 16th: Dinner at Picasso’s. Please add your name to the list on the board.

Sunday 17th: Keith’s walk. Meet at 10.00am in the Fletchers Croft Car Park in Steyning (next to the Steyning Centre). To find the car park, go down the main street (High Street) in Steyning and at a mini-roundabout turn into Church Street – if you come from Washington this will be on your left, if you come from Shoreham it will be on your right. As you go down Church Street, follow the road round to the right and on the right-hand side you will see the car park. This will be a circular walk of about 7¼ miles going up onto the Downs. Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and a drink. More info and map...

Tuesday 19th: Club Night at The Charles Dickens 8.30pm until 11pm.

Tuesday 26th: Club Night at The Charles Dickens. Socialising, dancing and a chance to catch up with friends. Music, dancing, raffle, door prize and snowball.

Sunday 31st: After a very successful lunch at the bowls club in November, we have decided to do this again. Names on the Notice Board if you would like to join us, and please remember to let Gordon know in good time if you change your mind, as it is quite important to have an idea of numbers for this venue.

We are hoping to organise a Darts evening one Friday in January but have yet to find a venue. Any suggestions?

Forthcoming Events

Saturday 6th February: Skittles & Buffet at the Maypole Inn at Yapton. List will be on the notice board in January. Cost £6.50 for members/£8.50 non- members.

Suggestions for future events

Coach Trip – possibly to Bruges

Mini Cruise to Santander, on The Pride of Bilbao sometime in June or July

An Apple Tasting day in Kent

Local Events

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Here are some local events for December 2009 and January 2010 that Breakaway members will be attending

For Club events, see Breakaway Club Events

December 2009

Friday 4th: Last Arun Solos of the year. A singles night held at the Cricket Club in Arundel from 8pm. Tickets on the door £6.

January 2010

Friday 8th: Arun Solos at Arundel Cricket Club.

Friday 29th: Arun Solos at Arundel Cricket Club.

Next Walk

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Why not come for a walk with us?

Not sure what to expect? Take a look at our previous walks.

Sunday 17th January 2010: Keith’s walk. Meet at 10.00am in the Fletchers Croft Car Park in Steyning (next to the Steyning Centre). To find the car park, go down the main street (High Street) in Steyning and at a mini-roundabout turn into Church Street – if you come from Washington this will be on your left, if you come from Shoreham it will be on your right. As you go down Church Street, follow the road round to the right and on the right-hand side you will see the car park. This will be a circular walk of about 7¼ miles going up onto the Downs. Don’t forget to bring a packed lunch and a drink.

The start point is grid reference TQ179112. Use the links below to see maps with the start point indicated showing you exactly where to meet.

Streetmap shows a road map, zoom in and out and scroll the map as you wish. In built-up areas zoom in to see a street map.

Google Maps shows a satellite image, so you can zoom in and see what it looks like before you get there.

Previous Walks

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See Where We've Been On Our Previous Walks

Here's a brief summary of the walks we've already been on. For some of them you can check out the photos.

Date	Miles	Starting from
12 Dec 09	7¾	Crossbush
15 Nov 09	7½	Pulborough
25 Oct 09	7½	Slindon
13 Sep 09	7½	Woodingdean
9 Aug 09	7½	Lewes
12 Jul 09	7½	Goodwood
14 Jun 09	8½	Whiteways Lodge
17 May 09	7½	Southwater
19 Apr 09	8¼	The Dover photos...
29 Mar 09	8	Shipley
22 Feb 09	8½	West Grinstead (Downslink car park)
18 Jan 09	7	Arundel
28 Dec 08	8¼	Findon Valley
16 Nov 08	7½	Burpham
19 Oct 08	9¾	Shoreham
7 Sep 08	9	Eartham Wood
24 Aug 08	7¼	Cocking Hill
13 Jul 08	8	Upper Beeding
15 Jun 08	8¾	Saddlescombe
18 May 08	8½	Highdown Hill
20 Apr 08	9½	Storrington
10 Feb 08	8½	Ashington
13 Jan 08	8½	Bost Hill, Findon Valley
16 Dec 07	7¾	Highdown Hill
25 Nov 07	7½	Hangleton
21 Oct 07	9	Slindon Wood
23 Sep 07	7½	Steyning
12 Aug 07	7	Lord's Piece
24 Jun 07	8¼	Duncton
20 May 07	7¼	Hurstpierpoint photos...
22 Apr 07	7¾	Rackham photos...
25 Mar 07	8	Arundel photos...
18 Feb 07	8	Burpham photos...
21 Jan 07	9	Findon Valley photos...
17 Dec 06	8	Patching Pond photos...
19 Nov 06	9	Shoreham
15 Oct 06	10¼	Wisborough Green photos...
17 Sep 06	9	Lavington Common photos...
27 Aug 06	9¼	Jack & Jill Windmills photos...
2 Jul 06	9½	Partridge Green
18 Jun 06	12*	Devil's Dyke
14 May 06	10	Eartham Wood photos...
30 Apr 06	11½	Whiteways Lodge photos...
19 Mar 06	13½*	Beggars Bush
26 Feb 06	12	Washington
15 Jan 06	8	Steyning
4 Dec 05	10	Findon
13 Nov 05	8	Lancing Ring
16 Oct 05	10	Greatham Bridge
18 Sep 05	11½	West Stoke photos...
4 Sep 05	9½	Exceat see photos from our walk over the Seven Sisters and Beachy Head...
31 Jul 05	9	Selmeston
12 Jun 05	11	The Dover
15 May 05	9½	Slindon Wood
10 Apr 05	11	Burpham
20 Mar 05	9½	Beggars Bush
20 Feb 05	7½	Kithurst Hill

*On these dates we had separate morning and afternoon walks, so you didn't have to walk the whole distance.

Contact

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How To Contact Us

1. At the Charles Dickens, Heene Road, Worthing on a Tuesday evening from 8.30pm onwards - no need to make any arrangements in advance (although you're welcome to if you wish), just come on down. As soon as you get inside the Charles Dickens immediately turn left and then descend the stairs which you'll see on your right. (For location maps see Multimap or Streetmap.)

2. E-mail us at post2keith@googlemail.com

3. Phone Allan on 01903 694247

Breakaway Club

2009 Walks

Bluebells at The Dover19th April 2009

BREAKAWAY CLUBS TEMPORARY MOVE TO LANCING

Breakaway Clubs Temporary Move To Lancing

Local Events

Here are some local events for November 2007 that Breakaway members will be attending

Club Events

NOVEMBER 2007 PROGRAMME

Suggestion Box- Test Page

Test Page 2

Test Page: Weekend Breaks

OCTOBER 2007 PROGRAMME

A test page

Temporary move: please note that from Tuesday 20th May, for about 6 weeks, we will be meeting at The Farmers in Lancing instead of at the Charles Dickens. The format of the evening will be the same as usual so please come along.

Here are some local events for May 2008 that Breakaway members will be attending

Summer BBQ

Pitch & Putt

Visit by Moss

20 Years of Breakaway Reunion

20 Years of Breakaway Reunion

Darts Tournament

Beach BBQ

2005 Walks

Kingley Vale18th Sep 2005

Seven Sisters Walk From Exceat 4th Sep 2005

2006 Walks

Patching Pond17th Dec 2006

Wisborough Green15th Oct 2006

Lavington Common17th Sep 2006

Jack and Jill Windmills Walk27th August 2006

Eartham Wood14th May 2006

Bignor30th April 2006

2007 Walks

Hurstpierpoint20th May 2007

Rackham22nd Apr 2007

Arundel25th Mar 2007

Burpham18th Feb 2007

Findon Valley21st Jan 2007

Previous Events

Previous Events

2007 Events

2006 Events

Club Events

DECEMBER 2009 / JANUARY 2010 PROGRAMME

Local Events

Here are some local events for December 2009 and January 2010 that Breakaway members will be attending

Next Walk

Why not come for a walk with us?

Previous Walks

See Where We've Been On Our Previous Walks

Contact

How To Contact Us

Bluebells at The Dover
19th April 2009

Kingley Vale
18th Sep 2005

Seven Sisters Walk From Exceat
4th Sep 2005

Patching Pond
17th Dec 2006

Wisborough Green
15th Oct 2006

Lavington Common
17th Sep 2006

Jack and Jill Windmills Walk
27th August 2006

Eartham Wood
14th May 2006

Bignor
30th April 2006

Hurstpierpoint
20th May 2007

Rackham
22nd Apr 2007

Arundel
25th Mar 2007

Burpham
18th Feb 2007

Findon Valley
21st Jan 2007