Get yourself a second hand arktis smock, I paid £50 for my b310 and modifies it a bit, it’s my go to jacket, windproof, warm waterproof and most importantly silent and camp fire spark proof!
Sort of yeah. The route to Petworth is over Duncton Hill which is 4 or 4 miles east of here which maybe the hill you’re thinking of. But there is a descent to Singleton from The Trundle which is host to Goodwood Racecourse, the road drops past the Weald and Downland Museum and joins the A286 which heads to Midhurst, about 6 miles north of here. From there it’s east to Petworth, west to Petersfield, north to Fernhurst and Haslemere.
It’s a lovely place to live, there’s a brilliant campsite only a couple of miles away at East Dean with a very easy going tenant farmer. He doesn’t mind fires, hammocking in the woodland etc.
Regards the Fjallraven Anorak 8, I share your views wholeheartedly. Looks great, but soaks immediately, the only bits that are recommended for waxing don’t solve the problem of the hood and back getting wet. Seems fairly windproof, but it’s an expensive windproof. I reckon it’s a dry snow anorak, that’s its environment. I’m considering selling mine and investing in something I don’t mind getting covered in dirt, smoke and fire ash rather than a £360 niche fashion product that stays in the cupboard looking freaking awesome
Fell asleep on the sofa again.
Get yourself a second hand arktis smock, I paid £50 for my b310 and modifies it a bit, it’s my go to jacket, windproof, warm waterproof and most importantly silent and camp fire spark proof!
I think you also a fairly interesting area speaking geologically, as you’re in a riverbed of wide and steep(ish)-sided valley. Do you have groundwater issues?. I looked for a local geology group to join so I could learn more about such things, but the only one that existed had had its day and wasn’t upto much more than the occasional visiting guest speaker. A true shame as some of those folk were walking goldmines of useful information. I must stop off at Singleton next time i’m on a drive out that way to have a better look. I presume there’s an old church too? Did you catch Peter Owen-Jones’ mini series on the South Downs Way the other day? Can’t think of the name of it. He’s a lovely guy and a man after my own heart on such interests.