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Thursday 28 September 2017Rowland's Castle - Petersfield: 11.4miles - 24,995 stepsWe'd had a lot of rain the previous evening and night so I thought that it might be wet underfoot. It was, but not too bad, though I did skip the footpath from Buriton to Petersfield and went instead via the access only road. Most blackberries have gone but I did pick about a kilo of sloes - which I then made into Sloe and Quince Jelly the next day. On leaving Rowlands Castle I saw loads of walkers on the otherside of the railway track and wondered where they were going - I guessed The Red Lion at Chalton and was chuffed to meet then just arrivibng as I left. 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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| Loads of walkers - walking parallel to me but on the other side of the railway line | ||
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| Wonderful trees | Still plenty of sloes | |
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| Very wet fields! | ||
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| Glass butterfiles in Finchdean | ||
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| A Victorian post box in Finchdean - I wonder what letters have been posted in here! | Reflections | |
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| The trees are developing their autumn colours | What is it? Can you eat it? Can you make jam with it? | |
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| Wonderful views as I leave Finchdean | ||
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| There were a few blackberries - and a buuterfly | A Portsmouth-bound train | |
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| It's almost like flying! | ||
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| The path leading to Chalton today... | ... and at the end of May | |
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| The last time I walked along here in August the path had been churned up by Forestry Workers... | ... I was pleased to see that they have flattened the path and wonder how long it will take for the frass to grow | |
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| Do you remember the walkers? I met them as I left Chalton! | Something I didn't expect or wish to see - quite a lot of rubbish fly-tipped on the footpath | |
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| Click to see the whole noticeboard | Buriton Pond | |