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Thursday 1 FebruaryPetersfield - Stoner Hill - Petersfield: 7.62 miles - 16,652 steps - 3 hoursWe've had more rain so I wanted a walk that avoided muddy foot paths so I started off on one of my standard walks, going past Steep but then, instead of going up to The Shoulder of Mutton joined the road up to Island Farm and along Ridge Top Lane. There was quite a bit of mud but not as bad as on my last two walks. At one point I was startled by a noise behind me - turning round I saw two deer only a few feet away. They ran off into the woods before I had a chance to photograph them! Click on the photographs to see a larger image and use the arrows at the left and right of the larger images to scroll through them: |
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| My oak tree | For those who don't know: a hanger is a wooded hillside | |
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| The path leading up to Ridge Top Lane - quite a climb! | ||
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| Woods seen from Ridge Top Lane | ||
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| Sometimes the path was a little muddy... | ... other times it was mud and puddles! | |
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| I've never noticed this little pond | Looking back at the hanger | |
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At the side of the path on the way down from the On the seat there is a brass plaque
MARINE RICHARD HOLLINGTON Remembered by the parishes of Steep and Stroud Afghanistan TO LIVE IN HEARTS OF THOSE |
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| Views from the seat | ||
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| I thought "That's a nice tree to to photograph" - then, as I got closer I saw that there was an alpaca under it! | The belfry of Stroud church - one of the parishes mentioned in the plaque on Richard's bench | |