Plods 2012

Date: 18th July
Time: 17:30
Where: Schlumberger House
Designer: Roy C.

Pub: Station Hotel

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Date: 4th July
Time: 18:00
Where: Old Shoreham
Designer: Mark L.

Pub: Red Lion

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Date: 23rd May

Time:18:07

Where: Southease Station

Designer: Mark L.

Pub: John Harvey Tavern

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This is a one-way walk so you either need to catch the train to Southease from Gatwick (or other preferred station) or park in Lewes and catch the train from there.

About time I got round to the report….

Fortunately the train from Lewes to Seaford is designed as a connector…. therefore it waited for the London train and the people travelling down from Gatwick were able to catch it despite their late arrival. (It was also useful for Terry D. as he wasn’t as quick as Clark Kent at changing and only just caught the train…).

A few minutes late a crew of 8 made it’s way down to Southease. It was a very pleasant evening so the turnout was a tad disappointing but that’s their loss .

The first climb of the day was accomplished with ease – though there was a certain amount of trepidation as we walked with Tarber through a herd of cattle; fortunately the bull’s attention was directed elsewhere. From the top of the downs we had fine, if somewhat hazy, views before dropping down into the Glynde valley.

Across the A27 we arrived in Glynde and stopped for a well deserved pint of Harvey’s in the Trevor Arms. No one chickened out and caught the train back to Lewes so we all continued over Caburn Down towards Lewes. As Mr Zimmermann was to remark later this climb seemed to go so much more easily…

We arrived at the John Harvey Tavern in good time for their Jazz night. That and an excellent pint of Harvey’s rounded off a fine evening.

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Date: 18th April

Where: Ardingly – public car park opposite the Ardingly Inn

Designer: Andy D.

Pub: The Oak

Just a short post to get the details of this walk on the blog.

A really good turnout considering the lousy weather. After a certain amount of faffing around (which allowed DT to turn up before we left) we departed a bit later than intended. The route took us south across the old railway line then east towards Horsted Keynes. We made very slow progress due to the muddy paths and when we got to the road south of Horsted Keynes station we had to make a decision as to whether to complete the course or bail out with a more direct route back to Ardingly. As we’d been making slow progress due to the treacherous surfaces and were running somewhat later than intended it was decided to take the sensible decision and cut the route short.

We managed to get back to the Oak before dark and dried out in front of the very welcome fire in the bar area!

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This is the current schedule for 2012. Still a few gaps so plenty of opportunities to get your plans in!

2011 plods have now moved to their own page http://plods2011.metcas.me.uk/#home