3 Men on a walk 2017: Greenwich Meridian Trail section 5

GMT-5 from Lingfield to Titsey Park

After last week's mammoth walks we decided to walk this section from North to South and the very big reason for this is that the top of Titsey park is at the top of the North Downs. IF we had walked from Lingfield northwards at the end of the 9 or so mile walk is a bloody great hill; but walking the way we did gave us a great downhill section at the start and the rest of the way was pretty flat.

We met up where we parked last time on the outskirts of Lingfield and then drove in one car up to the small car park on the top of the N Downs. This was just about a mile off the actual trail but the only realistic place we could leave a car for most of the day.

We didn't make a good start, taking a side trail that fizzled out and left us going round in a circle trying to find a route down to the path we needed. That over with, the rest of the walk went on with little trouble although the scarcity of signage and way markers meant the GPS worked hard. There seemed to be more road walking than normal but generally they were very small quiet roads and the country sections were a good mix of woodland and open fields.

Arriving back at Lingfield we had a real thirst on so quickly drove down the road to a new pub for us "The Star" and it was very good.