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Tuesday 12 September 2017

Petersfield - Butser - Petersfield: 12.4 miles - 27,040 steps

Slightly longer that the last time I did this walk (20 July) - I did some errands before I started the walk and also took and alternative route at one point.

I had thought that hedgerow fruit had finished but found enough for two containers of mixed fruit, including a new crab apple (or at least wild apples).

It was a lovely September day, but it finished with rain, though I wasn't far from home when it started.

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Early on in the walk blackberries seemed to be finished...   ... but later on I found plenty
     
 
Sophisticated breakfast venue - Queen Elizabeth Country Park - I wonder what passing walkers thought of me!   Sophisticated breakfast venue - Queen Elizabeth Country Park - I wonder what passing walkers thought of me!
     
 
The view from the top of Butser Hill - almost as good as flying!
 
     
 
A poor old oak tree - still able to produce a few acorns   The bain of poor old walkers - a style!
     
 
Butser Hill from a distance - look carefully and you can see the radio tower   A rare sight - a flower meadow
     
 
Good to see Mum and lambs still together!   An impressive machine - with an impressive price: nearly £200,000 second hand!
     
 
Just to the right of the path, on some waste land between the path and the next field, something yellow caught my eye - I stopped to look and found not one, but several pumpkins! Why are they growing there?
     
Back in Petersfield I saw these apples overhanging the path - by now I was too tired to start scrumping, but are they ever picked?