Some of the beautiful countryside we walked through (click on any picture to enlarge):

Looking westwards from Firle towards Beddingham Hill

Eastwards to Amberley – descending from Bignor Hill

Typical chalky flinty Downland path – the descent from Chanctonbury towards Upper Beeding

Looking westwards from Bignor Hill towards Littleton Down

Above Newhaven

Approaching the Devil’s Dyke

Cuckmere Haven

Descending Littleton Down with Bignor Hill rising ahead

Evening on the Fulking Escarpment

Looking West towards Ditchling Beacon

Descent from Littleton Down

Descending from Beacon Hill, Exton (Julian Arkell)

Descent from Bignor Hill

View from Beacon Hill across the Meon Valley towards Old Winchester Hill

Looking back towards Ditchling Beacon from Newmarket Hill

Plumpton Plain with Blackcap ahead (Julian Arkell)

Climbing up out of Saddlescombe

Southease road, rail and river crossing

Beacon Hill at Exton across the Meon Valley (Julian Arkell)

Start of the climb up to Bignor Hill from Littleton Farm

Heyshott Down between Cocking and Amberley

Scabious

Truleigh Hill

Firle Beacon rising above Alciston

Meon Springs (Julian Arkell)

O’er hill and vale…. (Julian Arkell)

Old Winchester Hill (Julian Arkell)

Cuckmere Haven

Littleton Down

Pyramidal Orchids

Selfheal

Look Out! (julian Arkell)

This way up

Newtimber Hill

Streat Hill looking back towards Ditchling beacon

On the road together again (Julian Arkell)

Gander Down near Cheriton

Plumpton Bostle

South Harting and the Rother Valley viewed from Harting Down

Firle Beacon beyond Ouse Valley

Westwards from Devil’s Dyke

Clinging on for dear life on a very windy Seven Sister

Early to rise…Plumpton Bostle

Wether Down

Arun Valley

Seven Sisters

Looking eastwards along the SDW from Ditchling Beacon

Itford Hill and the Ouse Valley

Crossing Rackham Hill before descending to Washington

Above Alfriston

On the trail from Chanctonbury to Steyning Bowl and Upper Beeding

Ashcombe windmill Kingston, with Lewes beyond (Julian Arkell)

Rampion

Looking West from Ditchling Beacon towards Wolstenbury Hill

Stormy Seven Sisters (Julian Arkell)

Southease Church

Lunch before Beacon Hill, Harting

Chalky paths

Old Winchester Hill

Beddingham Hill

Beddingham Hill

Approaching Chanctonbury Ring

Misty Ashcombe Bottom

Ouse Valley from the Juggs Track with Mt Caburn (left) and Firle Beacon in distance

Birling Gap (Julian Arkell)

Early Mist in Ouse Valley

Grafham Hill

The dewpond beside the Juggs Track above Kingston

Above Cuckmere Haven

A soggy Cuckmere Valley

Seaford Head in distance beyond Ouse Valley

Blackcap ahead

Beachy Head Lighthouse ahoy

Looking westwards towards Ditchling Beacon

Littleton Down

Beddingham

Beachey Head (Julian Arkell)

Bopeep

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