Author Archives: Mike

The Sportsman, Amberley

Lovely Sue joined us on our Womble walk in July. It was a very hot, sunny day and a very pleasant and picturesque 6 mile ramble. Wonderful scenery and an ever changing path for this one, wading through fields of barley one minute, riverside gorse, thick forest, dense shoulder-high marshland scrub and finally through the very pretty village of Amberley. Having started the year enduring the bitter cold weather we’d […]

The George, Burpham

  Three of us for our June Womble and what a thoroughly enjoyable time we had, with Kate chattering all the way round (sorry guys). For those who couldn’t make the walk in the end, you missed the sunniest and most scenic so far. Not even big boots required for this one (and no cleaning off copious mud afterwards). I hope you can see the backdrop of beautiful countryside in […]

The George and Dragon, Houghton

  Our second Wombling adventure took us to the village of Houghton, near Amberley and close to the banks of the river Arun; again and by pure coincidence we traveled a distance of 6.3 miles in around 3.5 hours, stopping for photo’s and a snack on the way. On this occasion we were to be joined by my Mike’s mate Phil, his wife Caroline and one of their friends from […]

The Fountain, Ashurst

  Our first Womble walk took us 3.5 hours and a total distance of 6.3 miles. It was quite chilly and boggy but we were well clothed and the weather was sunny and bright, hopefully our pictures show just how beautiful the West Sussex countryside was, and how full was the river Adur! Half way around our footpath became a lake for as far as we could see so we […]