Set out this morning with the intention of walking by Birling Gap but the plans fell apart when my walking partner called to say that they were ill 🙁
So I considered my options and decided to visit the Long Man at Wilmington again, I am due to take a friend there, so I thought it prudent to remind myself of the climb.
Amazingly, given my recent history, I found it easy to ascend past the Long Man, sailing up the hill (yes I did sound like an old tramp steamer) and over onto the fields seaward of the hill.
The views are spectacular in the area, seeing Seaford and beyond on the seaward side, and Arlington etc inland.
Instead of heading towards Lullington I picked up the path into Friston Fores, a decision never to be regreted 🙂
The Path I took was a wide path spliting the forest, and it was bathed in sunshine, it has some ascents and descents that are enough the make you work but not overly strenuous.
The magical element though was finding butterflies and dragonflies dancing in the air above the sunlit path.
I would have liked to take the path down to Friston Place but dark clouds were gathering and you can guess who left his coat in the car, some 4 mile away !
Thankfully the rain was a mere sprinkling and I didn’t get a drenching.
the walk back, once out of the forest, was fairly level with the exception of the descent back past the Long Man which is good for waking up the thigh muscles !!
Further pictures and 2 short videos can be found here
