Wealden Ramble
CROSS IN HAND TO BERWICK STATION VIA SELWYNS WOOD, BLACKBOYS, CHIDDINGLY, EAST HOATHLY, UPPER DICKER AND ARLINGTON RESERVOIR This walk was the emotional and physical closure for the mixed level of success of the Hailsham loop. A different occasion, a different feel. I'm still trying to incorporate Wilderness Wood into a walk that allows Hadlow Down to be near the middle of a journey but this will have to wait. Why I keep persisting with this area when it is so close and yet feels so far, I don't know. It might have something to do with the attraction of a venture into the ancient woodland and sleepy lanes of this part of the Weald, where nearly every wood is a bluebell wood, at this time of year. After bemoaning last weeks dryness underfoot and unseasonal warmth, the day had protested and had given me a start with frost on the ground. Nevertheless, a little more tension than was required was generated by the meandering length planned. Naturally, I am mopping up some unused path...
