Balcombe Circular via Ardingly Reservoir Walk
Two interlocking circular walks (one for Summer, one for Winter) around Balcombe, taking in Ardingly Reservoir, the Ouse Valley Viaduct, and fine Weald territory.
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Ardingly Reservoir
Balcombe Circular walk
Dec-05 • Saturdaywalker • On flickr
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Down a bit
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Balcombe Circular 21 Nov 2021 SWC1
Nov-21 • Steven F Coles • On flickr
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Balcombe Circular 21 Nov 2021 SWC2
Nov-21 • Steven F Coles • On flickr
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Balcombe Circular 21 Nov 2021 SWC3
Nov-21 • Steven F Coles • On flickr
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Balcombe Circular 21 Nov 2021 SWC4
Nov-21 • Steven F Coles • On flickr
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Balcombe Circular 21 Nov 2021 SWC5
Nov-21 • Steven F Coles • On flickr
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Setting off
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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On and on, up and up
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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On and on, further up and up
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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On and on, up and up a bit more
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Viaduct view
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Ouse Valley Viaduct
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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A smaller bridge
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Churchyard, Ardingley
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Grim sight
Rotting stagsheads Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Down to the reservoir
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Sheep in a field
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Reservoir ripples
Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Agricultural Ground
A stitched photo - the gate's not really that narrow, Balcombe Circular (winter)
Feb-18 • moontiger • On flickr
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Distant Ouse Valley Viaduct
Mar-17 • Turnerevil • On flickr
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Brambles and viaduct
Mar-17 • Turnerevil • On flickr
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Ouse Valley Viaduct Plaques
Mar-17 • Turnerevil • On flickr
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Inside the Ouse Valley Viaduct 1
Mar-17 • Turnerevil • On flickr
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Inside The Ouse Valley Viaduct 2
Mar-17 • Turnerevil • On flickr
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Inside The Ouse Valley Viaduct 3
Mar-17 • Turnerevil • On flickr
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Sunshiney Smoggy Morning
8.30 am Good Friday, London Bridge View
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Ploughed
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Furry fiddle heads
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Red Rooster and black hen
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Battery Hens
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Watching mother
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Easter chicks
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Chickens on a mission
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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In a flap
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Tail Plume and Iris Leaves
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Kellogs Rooster
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Puffed up
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Goose and gosling
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Cock of the walk
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Leaning Cock
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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So blue
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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A cow in the way
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Cow clocks me
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Have I got flies on me
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Into the woods
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Backlit bluebells
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Bluebell curls
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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64 Sheep
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Peter Greenaway Sheep
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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King cups in a pond
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Stitchworth underneath
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Bluebells up close
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Bluesky thinking
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Bluebells and Stitchwort
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Bull in field top right
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Viaduct and South Downs
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Impressive house
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Clock tower
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Dam flowers
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Resting under and Oak tree
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Rolling lawns
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Diamonds and bullrushes
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Bells and fallen tree
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Rushy
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Fluffy
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Great Tit Ardingly Reservoir
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Sweeping grass
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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The end of the reservoir
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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6 Kingfisher Trail
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Flat Pheasant on a blind bend
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Yellow sun faces
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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My perfect garden with a swing
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Yellow doors Balcombe
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Arum Maculatum
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Many cones
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan • On flickr
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Emerging into the open
Balcombe round (winter)
Feb-10 • moontiger • On flickr
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Ouse Valley Viaduct
Balcombe round (winter)
Feb-10 • moontiger • On flickr
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Ouse Valley Viaduct
Balcombe round (winter)
Feb-10 • moontiger • On flickr
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Tree in winter light
Balcombe round (winter)
Feb-10 • moontiger • On flickr
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Reeds 'n' reservoir
Balcombe round (winter)
Feb-10 • moontiger • On flickr
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Infamous steps
These steps may look innocent but they'll have you as soon as look at you. If you're looking at them from this angle, it's too late. You've probably already fallen down them. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Levitating calves
From the famous flying herd of Balcombe. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Calves - back to earth.
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Sculpture, Ardingley Reservoir
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Deer sculptures
Ardingley Reservoir. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Watch out for these
It was one of these pushed me down the steps. Stag beetle - or an earwig reversing? Ardingley Reservoir, Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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English rain forest
Well, it was raining and we were in the trees. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Woodland path.
Woodland path. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Cyclamen, Wakehurst Place
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Cyclamen, Wakehurst Place
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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By a redwood
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Tree in a wood
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Les parapluies des Marcheurs Samedi
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Resrvoir Taken with purplecam.
Oct-08 • moontiger • On flickr
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular (winter)
One of the less-muddy sections of the walk, 6 Jan '08.
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular (winter)
A procession of trees, 6 Jan '08.
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular (winter)
Ouse Valley viaduct (external), 6 Jan '08.
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular (winter)
Ouse Valley viaduct (internal), beautifully proportioned, with curves in all the right places, 6 Jan '08.
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular
Cock, Westup Farm, 5 May '07
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular
5 May '07
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular
Balcombe, 5 May '07
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