 A brave new world. |
 The new high speed rail link. |
 View south from the bridge embankment. |
 The road to Ifield Court. |
 Oasthouses in the mist. |
 C 15th century Ifield Court, in the shade of a tree. |
 C 15th century Ifield Court, in the shade of a tree. |
 Blue skies over north Kent. |
 The path follows the edge of the trees up to Nash Street cottages. |
 Looking north with Nash Street cottages behind me. |
 Pretty row of cottages. |
 Autumn colours on the bridleway. |
 Bright red berries growing in the trees. |
 Shadows fall on fallen leaves. |
 The bridlepath emerges onto Copt Hall Road |
 Lunaria Annua commonly known as Money plant. |
 St. Mary's Room, Sole Street. |
 The Little Shop |
 Sole Street railway station |
 The Railway Inn |
 Garden entrance |
 A twisty country track. |
 The path then enters a small wood. |
 A misty panorama. |
 What the ....It's ok, the path contours, phew! |
 You remember you said it contoured, well................ |
 Luddesdown and beyond. |
 Luddesdown Village Hall in morning mist. |
 Rural Kent. |
 Arriving at Oakendon Road, Luddesdown |
 Henley Down from Luddesdown. |
 The Wealdway arrives in Luddesdown |
 Grade I Listed Buiding, Luddesdown Court and church. |
 A picturesque garden shed, in Court Lodge garden. |
 The Wealdway departing Luddesdown |
 The Wealdway on Rid Ridge. |
 The Wealdway stile on Rid Ridge. |
 Red berries in the hedgerow. |
 The path across the "Bowling Alley." |
 Luddesdown Parish Noticeboard |
 Great Buckland Farm |
 Just off of Lockyers Hill. |
 Luxon Wood |
 Autumn colours in Lie Wood. |
 An old barn |
 Wealdway stile by Poundgate Fencing |
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 Whitehorse Wood / 2 |
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 Looking south east towards Folkstone. |
 Steps up to the Coldrum Long Barrow.(NT) |
 Coldrum Long Barrow (NT) |
 The Wish Tree over the Coldrum Stones |
 Coldrum stones (NT) |
 The Wealdway LDP in Ryarsh Wood. |
 Ryarsh Sand Quarry. |
 The Wealdway footpath alongside the M20. |
 Max and Lady, rest during the ascent. |
 Max and Eddy away exploring. |
 Westfields Farmhouse |
 To the untrained eye : a wood. |
 A pleasant view. |
 Lady, coming back, as called. |
 In the shade. |
 C 16th century Grade II Listed Ford Place. |
 Descent into the dry valley. |
 The squeeze stile. |
 C 16th century Grade II Listed Ford Place. |
 An awkward tree to pass. |
 Why does Flash Gordon never get a mention ? LOL. |
 Ah! those were the days. |
 The Wealdway LDP passes along this lane and through tunnel. |
 Seen better days. |
 Wealdway contained within paling avenue. |
 Stile at the southern end of the paling avenue. |
 1930's style house through the undergrowth. |
 A pretty cottage. |
 A lovely rural view. |
 At last, back on a path. |
 Eddie enjoying his freedom. |
 Bright sunlight and shadows. |
 Imagine that,an old Essex Reg. Number in a wood in Kent. |
 The end is nigh |
 The descent from Rat's Castle |
 The descent to Gover Hill crossroads. |
 The View. |
 A rural orchard. |
 Farmtrack leading around an orchard. |
 On a farmtrack in rural splendour. |
 Rural cottage reflected in pond. |
 St. Dunstan's Church, |
 A fine way to while away an afternoon. |
 St. Dunstan's Parish Church |
 The Swan pub. |
 A great way to while away an afternoon. |
 Early sunlight on a house, near Dukes Place. |
 Grannies Bonnets ? |
 Lost in space ! |
 Red poppies by a Wealdway Marker Post. |
 Lady, my Border Collie, approaching Peckham Place. |
 Old oasthouse and barns reflected in a puddle. |
 Kent House Oast East, visible in the distance. |
 Wealdway approaching Kent House Farm |
 Kent House Oast East |
 Concrete toadstools and a guide rope, mark the Way. |
 An ox-eye daisy brightens the Way. |
 Bridge over the River Bourne, near Barnes Street. |
 Wealdway LDP coming into Barnes Street. |
 Buildings in Barnes Street. |
 Reflections in Barnes Street. |
 Stile at Barnes Street, towards the river. |
 Approaching the bridge over The Medway. |
 East Lock reflecting in the river. |
 Boat moored , seen through a dog rose bush. |
 Lady , my Border Collie , posing beside footbridge over East Lock. |
 WW2 Pill box at East Lock ,north side. |
 Dandelions infront of pill box. |
 Dandelions infront of a WW2 Pillbox. |
 River Medway approaching Tonbridge. |
 The Wealdway path alongside the River Medway. |
 Looking back. |
 Max on the right track. |
 Messing about on the river. |
 A glorious pathside bloom. |
 The Town Lock |
 River traffic ,that's seen better days. |
 High Street Bridge |
 High Street Bridge, oblique view. |
 The Wealdway Path Display Board. |
 High Street Bridge with competition bunting |
 Riverside promenade |
 Tonbridge Castle , the Gatehouse |
 Castle Gardens. |
 Tonbridge Model Engineering Society coach and train ride. |
 Wealdway signpost. |
 A footbridge in the woods. |
 Two for the price of one : bridges, that is. |
 Lucifer Bridge, near Tonbridge. |
 They all look the same: |
 The Wealdway path through the woods. |
 Eddie and Max enjoying a country walk. |
 Pathside carvings. |
 Approaching the main line railway bridge. |
 Passing under the railway. |
 The Wealdway footbridge. |
 Houses in Lower Haysden. |
 A formal garden |
 A country cottage, ,fronted by a sea of papaver. |
 Papaver fronting a new development. |
 Dead tree in silhouette. |
 Briar rose, on tunnel approach. |
 The Wealdway tunnel ,under the A21. |
 Giant hogweed in the rain. |
 Wealdway footpath through a crop ,then runs down the rhs of the trees ,in shot. |
 Leafy lane on Beachy Toll. |
 Climbing up to Bidborough. |
 Panorama from Bidborough Ridge. |
 C 12th century ,Church of St. Lawrence, C of E, |
 Another ball ,delicately turned round the wicket. |
 Roses and lavender in the rain. |
 Church, housing and traffic, in harmony. |
 Down the side of the old cemetery |
 Now that's what you call roots. |
 A beautiful yellow rose ; in passing. |
 The Beehive cottage. |
 A beautiful bloom. |
 Wealdway signpost |
 Stockland Green House reflected. |
 Another stile near Stockland Green. |
 Wealdway path near Stockland Green. |
 Edward and Lady,appreciating being off of a lead again. |
 The stile out onto Stockland Green Road. |
 Stockland Road stile |
 The 39 Steps. |
 The old mill yard. |
 The Old Post Office |
 St. Mary's Church |
 St . Mary's Church tower. |
 An old house adjoining the churchyard. |
 Just across the road from the Churchyard. |
 A statue / relief of St .George and the Dragon. |
 The Wealdway departure gateway. |
 Pond-bay dam. |
 Stile at Poundsbridge Hill. |
 Silcock's Farm |
 A very pretty cottage garden. |
 Fordcombe Lane entering the village. |
 Wealdway footpath heading for Stone Cross. |
 Approaching Stone Cross. |
 Approaching Stone Cross. |
 Signposts at Stone Cross (A264) |
 Stone Cross Farm sign. |
 A delightful flower |
 Shoulder of a spur leaving Stone Cross. |
 Burrs Wood falls away revealing the upper Medway Valley. |
 A fine panorama., at the county boundary. |
 Wealdway stile at Pond Wood |
 The railway bridge, near Burrswood. |
 Wealdway path through the wheatfield |
 Bridge o'er a River Medway tributary, itself innominate. |
 Lady , our Border Collie ,admiring the view . |
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 I looked skyward ,and for a moment saw Ted Heath. |
 The upper Medway valley. |
 The approach to Summerford Farm. |
 Oasts at Summerford Farm |
 Ragwort ; the field behind was awash with ragwort. |
 Just past Summerford Farm. |
 Wealdway marker post. |
 The descent to the river's flood plain. |
 Approaching Withyham. |
 Wealdway sign and stile. |
 Church of St. Michael and All Angels |
 Houses at Withyham |
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 The tower at Old Buckhurst. |
 Buckhurst Cottage |
 Forest Place |
 Green on black. |
 Nice mix of trees, it's not all deciduous. |
 Reaching to heaven ,on the forest floor. |
 A pleasant forest path. |
 Almost out of the woods. |
 Lady, my Border Collie ,on the Wealdway. |
 Eddie on the Wealdway |
 The Wealdway path in Ashdown Forest. |
 A dub, reflected. |
 Mist in a distant valley. |
 A lonesome pine, but it could be a fir tree. |
 Another pathside dub. |
 Me, with my companions. |
 An innominate stream and waterfall |
 Eddie on the Roman Road. |
 Ashdown Forest to the South Downs. |
 A wayside foxglove. |
 Old Lodge and Old Lodge Farm. |
 The sheep are in possession of the shade. |
 Wealdway path close to Camp Hill Clump. |
 Wealdway path approaching Crest Farm |
 Looks like calluna vulgaris, but the fronds are too long. |
 A hand crafted Wealdway sign. |
 A grove of silver birch trees. |
 Descent through slippery woods. |
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 Glenwood Cottage |
 Cottage by entrance to Oldlands. |
 Footbridge in Furnace Wood |
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 The Hounds of Hell in the Dark Forest. |
 Looking down on the rocks, near Hendall. |
 Hendall Manor House |
 Lane near Hendall Manor. |
 My companions, in the shade. |
 Footbridge into Hendall Wood. |
 A common enough sight. |
 Wealdway marker post |
 Almost an avenue. |
 Spot the ball ! |
 A strange reflection. |
 Church of St. Margaret The Queen |
 The Former Stable block, reflected. |
 Pretty cottages |
 Hempstead Mill waterfall. |
 The Wealdway path crosses yon footbridge. |
 The 67 steps. |
 The fishing lake behind the hedge. |
 Stand still mum, I want a drink. |
 Cattle country. |
 The gate. |
 Stream-side trees reflected in Long Brook. |
 Pink blossom with Tickerage Castle, behind. |
 Walking in Tickerage Wood. |
 " In serried ranks assembled " |
 The Wealdway path arrives at Blackboys. |
 The White Cottage |
 Pedlars cottage |
 East Sussex landscape. |
 Ox-eye daisies. |
 Rural splendour. |
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 The avenue reflected. |
 Cottage reflections |
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 Steps up the banking |
 Disc harrowing |
 The escape route. |
 Exit from the woods. |
 The Racehorses Graveyard. |
 South Downs and Steyning Gap. |
 The approach to Annandale Farm. |
 Entrance road to Old Whyly |
 Spiders' webs |
 East Hoathly church tower |
 East Hoathly church |
 The Lychgate |
 The Foresters Arms pub. |
 Pretty brick cottage |
 Early sunshine lights the branches. |
 Early sunshine illuminates the hedgerow. |
 Early sunlight on Chapel Farm |
 Bathed in early sunshine |
 Early sunshine illuminates The Local. |
 A warming glow, down the local. |
 Chiddingly Church |
 The old wheelbarrow |
 Chiddingly spire bathed in morning sunlight. |
 The Wealdway Path |
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 Heading towards Orchard Farm |
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 Malvern Farmhouse, from the rear |
 The Woodshed |
 Pleurococcus is in charge this month |
 Rockharbour Farmhouse |
 The golden stubble. |
 Next stop, Hellingly. |
 The sign says it all. |
 School House |
 Cottages by the churchyard. |
 Cottages beside the churchyard II |
 The churchyard |
 The Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul |
 Church of St. Peter and St. Paul |
 The North Door |
 Cottages in Hellingly. |
 Horselunges Manor causeway and gates and moat. |
 The resident black swan. |
 Black swan on one leg. |
 Horselunges Manor |
 A paling fence, reflected. |
 Reflections. |
 A onetime sluice gate, I fancy. |
 The old mill building. |
 The house on the corner . |
 Pond near Hempstead Farm. |
 Tree growing in an ancient rampart. |
 Ox-eye daisies by the duckpond. |
 Michelham Priory |
 Stables adjacent to Michelham Priory. |
 The Village Shop |
 Upper Dicker village sign. |
 Holy Trinity Parish Church |
 St. Bede's School, drainpipe stamped AD1908. |
 The Plough public house. |
 Park Wood pond. |
 Wild flower approaching the river crossing. |
 Wealdway bridge over the Cuckmere River. |
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 C. 12th century, Grade I Listed, St. Pancras church |
 A new-ish gravestone. |
 Arlington Church from the nearest footbridge. |
 Looking back to Arlington Church |
 Looking back from the railway. |
 The path follows the edge of this field. |
 The crossing of the A27 ; a busy road : take great care. |
 Farm buildings near Milton Gate. |
 Thatched cottage |
 The Giant's Rest , pub and B&B. |
 Another cottage. |
 Some of the locals. |
 Church of St. Mary and St. Peter. |
 C 12th century church of St. Mary and St. Peter |
 "The Long Man" from the roadside. |
 "The Long Man" in close up. |
 The South Downs from Windover Hill. |
 Poppies in October ? |
 Wilmington Priory from The Wealdway path. |
 Approaching The Holt, on The Wealdway ldp. |
 A last look west |
 In Folkington Woods. |
 Rosehips above the misty Weald. |
 The lane was rather muddy, here and there. |
 The Old Rectory |
 The Grade I Listed Building of The Church of St. Peter ad vincula (St. Peter in chains) |
 Farm buildings and cottage. |
 Mr Flibble got here first ! |
 The Barn Cottage |
 Wealdway path leaving Jevington. |
 Bees and poppies in harmony. |
 Resting on Cold Crouch at approx . 220m |
 Butts Brow Information Board. |
 Butts Brow Car Park |
 A grand view. |
 Looking down along an ancient ditch. |
 A concrete lined dewpond. |
 A glorious day for a walk |
 This is right on the top of the hill... |
 Me, in shadow, on the Wealdway ldp. |
 Eastbourne and beyond , looking east. |
 Trig. Point over looking Pevensey Bay. |
 "I'll get it!" |
 Reflecting, on a great walk ; The Wealdway |
 Beachy Head |
 Re-incarnation October 2012 |
 The Church of St. Pancras |