After a quick breakfast at the Premier Inn, we made our way to City Mill, the official starting point of the South Downs National Trail. As we were a little early, so the National Trust shop wasn’t open, so we had to be a little inventive with the obligatory start photos! Rather humid, so shortsContinueContinue reading “Day 1 Winchester to Exton”
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South Downs Hike Eve
So the day is nearly here. Bags packed, unpacked and re-packed again, many times over and over! Left home around 2.30 and had a slow walk to Furze Platt train station to get the 3.17 to Maidenhead. Took the train to Reading and then changed for the Bournemouth train which stopped at Winchester. Trains wereContinueContinue reading “South Downs Hike Eve”
Recce to Winchester
Today we took a trip out to Winchester to do a bit of recconnaisance, checking out some accommodation options, and following the start of the South Downs Way from the start point at National Trust City Mill. As luck would have it, parking is mostly free in Winchester on a Sunday and our car parkContinueContinue reading “Recce to Winchester”
