Thursday 24th
April 2008
Pulborough - The Burgh - Amberley - Pulborough
16 miles
I'd been in front of
the computer all week writing my thesis getting fat and lethargic, so today I
decided to get some exercise. We've done this walk several times before but this
time I took in The Burgh as well, making this quite a long, tiring walk. Just
what I needed!
At Pulborough Brooks the nightingales were all in fine song and it was very hard
to pull myself away from there, but there was a lot of ground to cover so I had
to keep moving.
In the car park a car had been broken into by thieves. The lady had lost her
handbag and was really upset.
I saw over fifty species of bird today, including: blackcap, whitethroat,
swallow, house martin, sedge warbler, kestrel, buzzard and sparrowhawk, also a
brown hare and several large herds of deer.
A typical April day, warm with lots of showers and bright sunshine in between,
my waterproofs were on and off all day. The only rainbow of the day appeared as
I was re-entering Pulborough and it was a beauty!
My traditional shot of Pulborough north brooks from the Hanger
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This is a new installation at PB.
Created by a local artist from local wood. I think it's great.
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I had to wait while this bloke crossed the
road - come on, hurry up!
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Parham House
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The steep footpath up Kithurst Hill from
Cootham
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Pulborough Church gets given a sign