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Went today for a longer walk, drove to the mills at Clayton and strode out for Wolstonbury Hill,

The climb from Pycombe was as muddy as I expected and I slithered up through the morass created by the horses reaching the summit as the mist lifted 🙂

On the way back down it was good to see that the Redearth installation on the hill was still there.

From Wolstonbury I walked on to the Beacon then came back before  descending to the Chattri.

The Chattri track was, as expected, muddy in places at the bottom of the hill but easier to traverse than that hill climb for wolstonbury.

I’ve done the Chattri several times now, the climb back up the Beacon / Clayton track  is still as sapping as it ever was.

A good walk, and one that will no doubt be done again.

I tracked this by means of both the Sat Nav and the tracker on my phone, I wouls love to know how there is a 0.8 of a mile difference.

To play fair I have recorded this with the lesser value which came from the GPS unit.

Yep, I’ve started on the longer walks this year 🙂

As the forecast wasn’t too bad decided to walk from the mills past Ditchling Beacon and on to the beacon at Mount Harry.

The temperature was cool, but heading out you don’t notice the cold wind heading eastwards, coming back that’s in your face and then you feel yourself cool down, which is weird when you are working harder to walk intothe wind.

The trail was mostly dry although there was some mud around the bostals and Plumpton Plain.

It felt good to be back doing the longer walks and it didn’t feel as bad as expected, so longers walks will be looked into 🙂

Yep, revisited the walk, this time alone with the aim to see how fast I can now walk it.

I walked at a fairly brisk pace and mananged to complete it in 75 minutes 🙂

This is a good walk to keep the metabolism going 🙂

It was cool today but walking briskly soon warmed me up and I soon completed the walk.

Yep, visited the circular run again, and tried to beat my best time of 14 minutes, or failing that the last run of 15 minutes (I had ambition!)

The roads were relatively clear so I wasn’t held up by queuing or parking cars, and managed to time the traffic lights in South Road  correctly 🙂

It’s still a struggle getting up Oathall Road and Sydney Road, but it’s sure fun whizzing down that long stretch in Oathall Road 🙂

I managed the run in 13 minutes which is a record for me 🙂 but boy do I feel it now.