A Limp Off the Chart
OXTED TO TONBRIDGE VIA LIMPSFIELD CHART, CROCKHAM HILL, CHARTWELL HOUSE, FRENCH STREET, TOYS HILL, IDE HILL, KNOLE PARK AND SHIPBOURNE A walk I'd had in hand for a while, a lack of inspiration drove me to manifest. The chilly start and the woodiness of it, I found surprising. I'd tried to plan a traverse with some elevation and the views are far-reaching south but a little hazy on this occasion. As it is, the route is largely upon the Greensand Way before the plunge to Tonbridge. Aside from the last, less than satisfactory, half run into town, there are many places to which I'd like to return. Consider this an overly long taster with a satisfying lumpiness. The Greensand Ridge is just south of the chalky North Downs and represents an exposed and more resistant sandstone layer of an eroded 'Wealden dome'. Think of the material here being laid down in once shallow sub-tropical seas, imagine numerous bony fish hunted by waters teeming with neoselachian and hybodont...
