Enforced semi retirement does have some advantages, one being that i got round to doing my long planned 17Km walk last week, i didnt bother taking photo's of the beginning of the walk as the route was exactly the same as the first half of my last out and about post , http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=33940 the route changed when i got to here, instead of turning left, i went straight on
What made this walk nice was the fact that i had some company, no idea who the guy was, but he was heading the same way as me until the above point in the walk, so we just walked and chatted, his accent was slightly unusual for the area though and i found out he was Canadian and was over here visiting some of his family.
Having gone a seperate way to my impromptu travelling companion, i started to head towards the furthest point of my route.
Photo looking back towards where i had come from, which was the other side of the large hill in the background
Looking back at Cissbury Ring Hill Fort.
View looking back again from slightly further up the route, the hill on the right is the fort btw
instead of looking backwards it was time to press on and look forwards, my objective for the day is the clumps of trees on the very far hill on the left of the photograph
Even further from home now
The ring starting to get closer, although it's still quite a distance to walk as it's an indirect route to get there, lots of heading North before you can head West.
View to the South West
and to the North East
on the home straight to the Ring
at last, i reach the ring, Chanctonbury Ring is another example of a prehistoric hill fort in the area that i live, it's within full view of Cissbury Ring and i contemplated what the inhabitants of these two places thought all those thousands of years ago, when they looked over the land and saw the fires in the other hill fort. The hill fort here dates back to the 5th-6th century BC so is considerably younger than Cissbury Ring that back to 300BC, although proof of human occupation has been found dating back to Neolithic times
More details on Chanctonbury here http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/chanctonbury.html#hist and Cissbury here http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/cissbury.html#hist
time for a spot of lunch, found myself a nice sit tree and brewed up, Warthogs lid certainly does come in handy and sees a lot of use.
Enjoyed the general views of the area
time to head home
the large hill in the back ground is where im heading
Found a dedication to a former local farmer whilst walking back
Really enjoyable walk of just over 17Km in the autumn sunshine.
Thanks for looking
Kep
What made this walk nice was the fact that i had some company, no idea who the guy was, but he was heading the same way as me until the above point in the walk, so we just walked and chatted, his accent was slightly unusual for the area though and i found out he was Canadian and was over here visiting some of his family.
Having gone a seperate way to my impromptu travelling companion, i started to head towards the furthest point of my route.
Photo looking back towards where i had come from, which was the other side of the large hill in the background
Looking back at Cissbury Ring Hill Fort.
View looking back again from slightly further up the route, the hill on the right is the fort btw
instead of looking backwards it was time to press on and look forwards, my objective for the day is the clumps of trees on the very far hill on the left of the photograph
Even further from home now
The ring starting to get closer, although it's still quite a distance to walk as it's an indirect route to get there, lots of heading North before you can head West.
View to the South West
and to the North East
on the home straight to the Ring
at last, i reach the ring, Chanctonbury Ring is another example of a prehistoric hill fort in the area that i live, it's within full view of Cissbury Ring and i contemplated what the inhabitants of these two places thought all those thousands of years ago, when they looked over the land and saw the fires in the other hill fort. The hill fort here dates back to the 5th-6th century BC so is considerably younger than Cissbury Ring that back to 300BC, although proof of human occupation has been found dating back to Neolithic times
More details on Chanctonbury here http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/chanctonbury.html#hist and Cissbury here http://www2.prestel.co.uk/aspen/sussex/cissbury.html#hist
time for a spot of lunch, found myself a nice sit tree and brewed up, Warthogs lid certainly does come in handy and sees a lot of use.
Enjoyed the general views of the area
time to head home
the large hill in the back ground is where im heading
Found a dedication to a former local farmer whilst walking back
Really enjoyable walk of just over 17Km in the autumn sunshine.
Thanks for looking
Kep
