sunday morning walk

I wanted to stop off at the brewery yesterday morning to see how far the fermentation had progressed on the beer we'd brewed this week. As there are a few paths that I used to ride that emerge from the hill very close to the brewery building I decided to take the boys for a short adventure walk. five miles, two and a half hours, and three hundred and thirty six vertical meters later (up and down) we arrived back at the car.

The climb up through the woods wasn't too bad as it is very sheltered but when we neared the top of the hill we became exposed to the chilly wind that was blowing across the top of the South Downs. A small directional error on my part meant that we emerged at the top of 'pigtails and braces', a little further east than I'd intended.



Undeterred we headed west along the South Downs Way until we reached the top of 'The Lion Trail', a semi-secluded gorgeous piece of mountain biking singletrack heaven tucked away just off the SDW.





My enjoyment of the glorious surroundings was marred a little when one of my sons presented me with a discarded inner tube he'd found slung into the woods. It makes me so angry that a lazy inconsiderate bastard cyclist could do that. They'd obviously bought a spare with them to replace the punctured tube so it would be no extra hassle for them to take it home. Actions like that ruin it for the rest of us especially as it's private land and the landowner has only just agreed to allow public access to it. The offending tube is currently residing in my bin at home.



Still .. .. .. a great walk in fantastic surroundings.