Because You Can
GATWICK AIRPORT TO FOREST ROW VIA COPTHORNE COMMON, CRAWLEY DOWN, EAST GRINSTEAD AND ASHURST WOOD Human beings are such an imposition. There's nothing like an airport to remind you of the environmental impact our species has. A visual and auditory and olifactory assault with acres of concrete and a mind-boggling number of vehicles to allow you to ponder the immediate and global effects of us just filling space. Still, I enjoy the experience of feeling my way out of the restrictive confines and moving through the inbetween spaces on the edge of Spring. This was an in between walk in all senses and no real highlights predicted but there are no fewer than six long-distance paths tasted on this route. It was for the vigour of the imminent season, the sandstone, the colour of history and the living to pierce this weather-sodden, Wealden walk of mud. For all the wet under-foot, the air in the heavens remained dry all day and the warmth of the sun and people shone through. Like the week b...
