Cocking to Amberley
Today we walked about 11 miles from Cocking village to Amberley. Fortunately, it wasn't quite as hot as yesterday. We passed through some beautiful chalk grassland, especially at Dimmer Nature Reserve on Graffham Down where woodland and arable land has been replaced with wildflower meadows, now full of orchids and other flowers, plus butterflies.We spotted a few fritillary butterflies (probably Dark Green Fritillary) amongst the Meadow Browns. Then we passed close by the highest point on the Sussex Downs,Crown Tegleaze, (830 ft) and later ascended Bignor Hill, close to a large Roman site. (Stane Street connecting Chichester with London passed through here.) Finally we descended into the Arun valley, and into the village of Amberley.
My blip shows the view from our picnic lunch stop looking over Graffham Down, while the extra shows our approach into Amberley with the flood plains of the River Arun on the left, and our route tomorrow over Rackham Hill, in the distance.
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