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Walking the Wealdway

This gallery contains photos from the series: The Wealdway

Over the Easter Bank Holiday (March 2008) I spent 4 days walking the 80miles of the Wealdway between Eastbourne on the Sussex coast to Gravesend on the River Thames in Kent.

The weather was not great but walking in flurries of snow was different from the usual rain and high winds, some of the pictures bear testament to the challenging conditions…

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Coldrum Stones Long Barrow

The view north toward the Weald and North Downs from Beachy Brow

View across the Weald

The Long Man of Wilmington

The Long Man of Wilmington

The view back along the South Downs in a moment of good weather

Arlington Church

Horselunges Manor, moated!

Primroses in the rare late afternoon sunshine

Chiddingly Church

East Hoathly Church, the end of day 1

East Hoathly Church, the start of day 2

The side of a driveway along the Wealdway

The view back to the South Downs, as the Wealdway starts to rise up onto the Weald

A lone tree along the Wealdway

The view towards Ashdown Forest

A coat of arms on the gateway to Oldlands Hall

A coat of arms on the gateway to Oldlands Hall

Camp Hill Clump in the rain on Ashdown Forest

The view northwest in the rain from Camp Hill on Ashdown Forest

Looking back towards Withyham Church and village

A view back along the Medway River valley, close to its source

The view south from the Weald

Speldhurst Church

Bidborough Church in the snow

The snow falling near Bidborough

Tonbridge Castle

A swan on the River Medway

Hops in winter, what a lot of poles

The Wealdway heading north across yet another slippery field of winter wheat

Orchard and oast houses in Kent on the Wealdway

Strawberries, yet to be covered

West Peckham Church

The view south from Gover Hill on the Wealdway

The southern slopes of the North Downs

A big sandpit near the M20 on the Wealdway

Getting closer to the North Downs on the Wealdway

Coldrum Stones Long Barrow

The view across to the North Downs from Coldrum Stones Long Barrow

Chestnut coppice woodland at the top of the North Downs on the Wealdway

The Channel Tunnel Rail Link, with a Eurostar train

Gravesend, the end of the Wealdway walk, shame about the route into town...

2 Comments

Dave O'Brien

Posted 30 March 10 at 2:55 pm | Permalink

Hi there. thanks for the pics, very interesting. Looks like it was a bit of a cold trip ! I am interested in doing the Wealdway myself this year and was wondering how you broke it up ? You mention 4 days, was that straight through and if so, was wondering how you managed accommodation ? Any help welcome as I’m looking at pushing through on 4 straight days and would welcome any comments or advice ! Thanks a lot,

Dave
Christopher

Posted 4 April 10 at 11:50 am | Permalink

The Wealdway is local to me, so without much trouble (an excellent taxi service provided by family) I was able to be home based while completing this walk. The route does go through or very close to quite a few towns and villages, well it has to in this crowded corner of the UK, and once you know the length of stages I would use Google et al and local tourist information centres to find accommodation. If your into camping then there are probably enough remote sections of the walk for a bit of wild camping – at your own risk. Sorry not to be of more help, hope you enjoy the walk.

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