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Fields to Falcons

ROGATE TO PETERSFIELD VIA FYNING HILL ESTATE, DURFORD AND PETERSFIELD COMMON This is the second leg of an Iping Common two-parter . You could just as easily reverse this walk for a stay at Elfwoods campsite . I took a lonesome walk from here back to the station but it took the same amount of time again to get home due to train trouble. I made a meal of Durford Heath, by going cross-country through the holly bushes and I also spent around two hours at East Croydon, watching the peregrine falcons while I waited for a bus to Gatwick and an onward train. Wishing you neither of these things. An exit or start at Petersfield might be facilitated by a train via Havant or Clapham Junction. From the campsite, return to Dangstein Road and take the footpath opposite. Continue on the bridleway until the Serpent Trail crosses your path. Turn left. At the next junction, descend on the footpath. This joins a bridleway that takes you through the Fyning Hill Estate, once owned by Roman Abramovich. At Ha...

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