3 Men on a walk 2017: Greenwich Meridian Trail leg 3

Newick to Wych Cross along the GMT

A nice summer day and time for another leg of the Greenwich Meridian Trail. Although this section dovetailed onto the two previous sections we have walked we chose to do this leg as North-to-South for a very important reason. The ONLY pub on route was only 3 miles out of Newick so if we walked South to North we would miss lunch !!

So we left one car in Newick and drove up to the "Goat" carpark about a mile west of Wych cross where we picked up the trail south. Much of the section down to Dane Hill was in woodland but the track was wide and good underfoot and the coolness under the tree canopy welcome in the humid air.

The countryside opened up a little more after Dane Hill and as we reached the Sussex Ouse River valley we crossed the Bluebell Railway line and reached our lunch stop at "The Sloop Inn". We have stopped here before and it was a delightful reunion.

A 3.5 mile last sector was regrettably mostly uphill and there was some puffing and blowing as we got into stride. This was a nice walk and one that we should repeat sometime. We have missed the Bluebells but it looks as if the woods we walked through had been covered in them and so maybe we should schedule a walk this was next spring.