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16th October 2018
Hiking - Walking: Woodland Trail, Leith Hill Wind Direction: Wind Stength: Surf / Sea State: Air Temperature: Sea Temperature: Weather: cloudy Max Speed: Distance Covered:
Tuesday 16th October – travel then walk – Woodland Trail, Leith Hill
– sunny start then clouded over.
We haven’t been away in our little VW camper this month and we have away
every month so far this year and with not much wind forecast Mag organised
a visit down to Surrey to look after our lovely grandson, Arlo. With no
wind l left the windsurfing gear in the garage but loaded the bikes, packed
the van and set off at 12.15 and had a good trip down with no hold ups:)
Being early we drove up into the woods at Leith Hill just short of our son
in Ewhurst. Leaving Felixstowe in clear blue skies we arrived to cloud that
looked close to rain! We walked up the hill to Leith Hill Tower a folly
with fantastic 360-degree views still lovely despite the low cloud! We
decided to do the Woodland Trail like we did the lst time we were here and
headed down the steep steps taking care as they looked very slippery! At
the bottom of the steps l stood on a small round twig and nearly fell and a
man grapped my arm to help steady me and Mag told me it was the Eastenders
actor who plays bad boy Nick Cotton, sadly a bit wasted on me as l have
never watched it but it was a good talking point and l didn’t ask for
selfie!! Across the road, the path continues around the bottom of the hill,
past a large but run-down National Trust house to the rhododendron wood
which was in full bloom on our last visit but not so impressive this time!
Then up the hill back to the van for a welcome cuppa and biscuit. Relax and
read before setting off to Sayers Croft to spend the night before looking
after Arlo for the day tomorrow:)
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