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Return to Exceat

On completing the Seven Sisters, we returned to the bus stop at Exceat via a slightly different route that took us along the Cuckmere River in the fog.

Serpentine

We walked around the Serpentine where there were quite a few different aquatic birds, some guarding eggs.

Swan’s Way

with apologies to Marcel Proust

Hard to tell from the picture but this bird was gigantic. It walked up the road to the car park, then over to the water and swam away (see below).

When we got to the Abbey a guard informed us we couldn’t enter. Instead we walked up to the car park and along the river on the side we’d never been able to get to on previous visits, across a barricaded bridge to Waverley House. So we got some different views before decided we might be straying into trespassing.

Hill Descent

Some more images from the first few hours of our 14½-mile walk the first day (click on any of the images below to see them larger).

We walked along the River Wey Navigation which paralleled the actual River Wey for some distance. Click either of the pictures below to see them enlarged.

Dusky Thames

Headed home, walking over the Golden Jubilee Bridges to Waterloo Station and the train to Farnham the day before Christmas Eve.

Birds on a Wire

This one, like the last post, is also from September, 2006.

Waverley Lane

Just before we got to Waverley Abbey with our US guests I saw this view of the River Wey. Gorgeous!

Reflections on the Water of Leith

We next descended the Dean Bank to the Water of Leith, with the trees above it beautifully reflected in the water, tempting me to take too many similar pictures. Click any of the images below to see them bigger (you may need o click into the post title first if you’re not viewing this directly on the web site).

Walkhampton Common

On 19th May we did a 10-mile walk on Walkhampton Common. These pictures will give some idea of the varied landscapes and terrain we encountered. If viewing in email, click the post title to click into the images and see them larger.