Inner Active
CRAWLEY DOWN TO FOREST ROW VIA THE GRAVETYE ESTATE AND WEIR WOOD RESERVOIR Seems I managed to do a walk that allowed for a wonderful butterfly hunt in the middle of it. It is not too long and it allowed for relaxation and enjoyment, a rare thing for me. The route spans the High Weald National Landscape and contains the cretaceous Tunbridge Wells sandstones and Grinstead clays responsible for the drama of stony outcrops, Woods with hammer ponds, ancient roadways and steep, watery valleys. Iron has afforded the place with wealthy hunting and manorial estates and Gravetye is one. The iron masters sold to the horticulturalists and it is here that I surveyed a bit of the biodiversity. Accounting for wildlife is a great way to give yourself time in an area and I loved both the walk in and the shady reservoir approach towards the edge of Ashdown Forest. Crawley Down can be made with a train to Three Bridges and then a 272 bus eastward. Return was by the same 272 bus. From the war memorial go ...
