Tag: South Downs Way

  • We returned to the South Downs Way in June 2025, having completed Cocking to Washington at the end of January. Once again we were anxiously monitoring weather forecasts, though this time we were keen to avoid heatwave conditions rather than persistent wind and rain. As it turned out, conditions on our first day were warm…

    South Downs Way: Washington to Plumpton
  • After a seven month hiatus, we returned to the South Downs Way at the end of January 2025, our trip timed to coincide with Tracy’s Birthday. We’d been scanning local weather forecasts for several days, fearing more high winds and driving rain, given the series of winter storms that had been battering Britain. All my…

    South Downs Way: Cocking to Washington
  • We made a rapid return to the South Downs Way, undertaking this second stage early in March 2024. We are walking in an Eastbourne direction, having started from Winchester. For the first leg, we experimented with walking over two days, on either side of an overnight stop. This obviously involves carrying fuller, heavier rucksacks than…

    South Downs Way: East Meon to Cocking
  • We began the 100-mile South Downs Way at the end of January 2024, so adding a fourth national trail to the three already under way! The SDW stretches from Winchester to Eastbourne. Both the National Trails website and the South Downs Way website envisage it taken in this direction, from west to east. But, for…

    South Downs Way: Winchester to East Meon

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