Shifting Sands
PUTTENHAM TO HUNTINGFORD BRIDGE VIA PUTTENHAM AND CROOKSBURY COMMON, WAVERLEY ABBEY, TILFORD, FRENSHAM PONDS, ARFORD AND HEADLEY This is the second part of my Surrey/Hampshire epic. The direction was roughly southwest, the weather had been dry, the terrain a surprising amount of undulating sand and the water, welcome but tantalising on a hot day. I never quite lost touch with the river Wey. It was, however, a fresher, allowing an over all impression of sun, heather, rhododendron and mixed woodland, in a landscape that allowed for surprises. I left maybe a little later than I could have because I spent too long chatting. Nevertheless, my nestling in the sleepy west of Surrey, allowed for a quick start west on the North Downs Way and an immersion in the heather. From the bunkhouse and the High Street at Puttenham, head west and go left at the fork on Lascombe Lane. With the paddocks alongside, take the next left fork on Highfield Lane and then the footpath on the left near t...
