Wild Goose Chase
GORING-BY-SEA TO ARUNDEL VIA FERRING, PATCHING AND THE ANGMERING PARK ESTATE A friend at work pointed out that Arundel Castle had its Tulip Festival coinciding with my walking Friday and so it was, that destiny drew me here. A suggestion was all that was needed. Working backwards, late on the evening before, a notion of a starting point formed in the shape of Goring-by-Sea. The walk would include coast, hill, woods and river and that's really all anyone could hope for. There are some new paths here but the general route is not completely on new ground. Nevertheless, I was pleased by the pebbly beach with sands at low tide, the flintiness of the old Sussex walls, holm oaks in the almost Mediterranean heat and the gently impressive highs. The woods were showing the first signs of bluebells but were also flamboyantly displaying primrose, anenome, violets and celandine. By the time I got to Arundel, the birds at the Wildfowl and Wetland Trust had won over the tulips and extended my wal...
