A Woodlark
IFIELD TO HENFIELD VIA HOLMBUSH FOREST, COLGATE, PLUMMERS PLAIN, NUTHURST AND PARTRIDGE GREEN Sometimes, walks are surprisingly solitary. I am always quite comfortable with the companionship of my own musings, when I'm on the trail but there are moments better shared. Company is therefore welcome but going solo liberates me from having to be considerate or even great company. What I also occasionally miss, is some accompaniment and reassurance in the other direction. A Friday walk is normally punctuated by early dog walkers, morning athletes and the lucky others that have free time during the week but sometimes, noone is doing a path with or against me. A pretty straight route from one place to another might lack people because of its length or isolation and so it was, that I found myself initially on a lonesome bridleway, alone with my thoughts amongst the rhododendrons. Ifield station is just next to Crawley and a train via Three Bridges does you well. Return from Henfield...
