Five Wombles ventured out on a beautiful sunny day in August, starting from the George & Dragon in Shipley. Gloriously green and picturesque countryside as a given for our walks, there were many other sights to see along the way, highlights pictured below: bee hives, a tree house, a wonderfully gnarly old tree, a rickety wooden river crossing (which we sat to eat half-way snacks), hay bales, Max the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Delighted to be joined by 10 (now honorary) Wombles, Great Uncle Bulgaria (Mike) and Bungo (Kate) led the group on a colourful bluebell walk, on what turned out to be a wonderfully sunny, warm day. Pretty and picturesque woodland to appreciate all the way for our May wombling, which seemed even better in the company of a lovely bunch of friends and family, sharing the wonders of nature and […]
Not quite the gloriously sunny weather we enjoyed for our wedding weekend exactly one year ago to the day (8th April) three of us, the bride, groom and joined by best man Phil, set out in the rain. It continued to rain the whole way but we Wombles are hardy creatures, a bit of rain isn’t going to stop us. We figured, at least it wasn’t freezing cold with […]
With freezing temperatures and snow for the few days leading up to our March walk we looked out the window Sunday morning and although 16% chance of rain and 9 degrees we decided to venture out and we’re so pleased we did. Starting from the village pub we took a circular route, taking in areas of land with free roaming animals and passing through the impressive Knepp castle estate. […]
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 […]
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 […]