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The Wey to Navigate

BILLINGSHURST TO HASLEMERE VIA THE WEY AND ARUN CANAL, LOXWOOD AND HOG WOOD Somehow the Wey keeps drawing me back. My need for water is clearly operating on a subconscious level and although the waterways are providing little relief in the hot weather, they do lend a calmness and the practical suggestion of a leisurely pace.   This was a route to span the gap between the two towns that connects the water with the woods. We have shade and canal boats.   Billingshurst can be made via Three Bridges or Gatwick Airport and return from Haslemere means a train to Clapham Junction.   From the north side of the station, head west on Myrtle Lane on the Sussex Diamond Way . At the end of Myrtle Close, the path bears left next to the track. At Natt's Lane, turn right and then go right at the junction. This is Stane Street. Leave the ancient road on Luxford Way. Enter the playing field and cross to the far side. There is a gap which allows you onto the path behind the hedge. Bear left...

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