Burgess Hill to Hassocks Walk

A long almost circular walk via the Sussex Border Path, Sussex Villages, and the South Downs Way ridge from Ditchling Beacon to Wolstonbury Hill

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Trampling buttercups
Trampling buttercups

Mid-meadow course correction

May-18 • quitenearmike • On flickr

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The grass is always greener ...
The grass is always greener ...

May-18 • quitenearmike • On flickr

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Heifers or Bullocks ? by Jack and Gill windmills
Heifers or Bullocks ? by Jack and Gill windmills

Keeping a close eye on the bipeds

May-18 • quitenearmike • On flickr

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Bikes at Hassocks station
Bikes at Hassocks station

Disappointingly they hadn't been on the Downs

May-18 • quitenearmike • On flickr

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A taste of things to come
A taste of things to come

Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Windmill near Hassocks
Windmill near Hassocks

Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Turn left here
Turn left here

Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Quaggy field
Quaggy field

Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Big tree with Downs
Big tree with Downs

Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Way up
Way up

Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Long fence
Long fence

Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Windmill with rainbow
Windmill with rainbow

If you look VERY carefully and squint your eyes, you might just see the end of a rainbow on the horizon. The white blob to the right is one of the Clayton Windmills. (from Wolstonbury Hill) Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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View (from Wolstonbury Hill) with anthills & dewpond
View (from Wolstonbury Hill) with anthills & dewpond

Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Descent to Hassocks
Descent to Hassocks

Wolstonbury Hill Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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Back from the summit
Back from the summit

Wolstonbury Hill Hassocks to Hassocks

Feb-14 • moontiger • On flickr

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"Long gruelling slog" to the top

Thankfully, not all that gruelling. Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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"Long gruelling slog" to the top

Get a move on back there. Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill

Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Onwards
Onwards

Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Going too far
Going too far

Those at the front missed the turn and had to turn back. Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Autumn colours
Autumn colours

Hawthorn just starting to turn. Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill

Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Jack and Jill....
Jack and Jill....

...up a hill. Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Vertiginous descent
Vertiginous descent

Woolstonbury Hill Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Vertiginous descent
Vertiginous descent

Woolstonbury Hill Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Tall shadow down steep hill
Tall shadow down steep hill

Camera reveals my true stature Woolstonbury Hill. Burgess Hill to Hassocks

Oct-07 • moontiger • On flickr

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Ditchling gig
Ditchling gig

Summer Fete at St. Margaret's, Ditchling Sussex. D.Allen Vivitar 5199 5mp

Jul-07 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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Hurstpierpoint
Hurstpierpoint

Hurstpierpoint College and Chapel West Sussex. D.Allen vivitar 5199mp

Jul-07 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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South Downs ascent
South Downs ascent

It's That Man Again! Ascending the South Downs on the Sussex Border Path near Ditchling Beacon. Photo By D.Allen Vivitar 5 mp

May-07 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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Saturday Walkers Club Book 3 (extra) walk 108 - Burgess Hill to Hassocks: The Bull Inn & The Post Office Ditchling Sussex
Saturday Walkers Club Book 3 (extra) walk 108 - Burgess Hill to Hassocks: The Bull Inn & The Post Office Ditchling Sussex

The Sussex Border Path is an integral part of the Burgess Hill to Hassocks walk (via the South Downs) that goes through the charming village of Ditchling. As of May 2015 the building far left on the corner is now a cafe! D.Allen Vivitar 5mp

Mar-07 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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Burgess Hill to Hassocks - Sussex Border Path
Burgess Hill to Hassocks - Sussex Border Path

View from top of the South Downs towards Indian War Memorial (just over the horizon as you follow the line of trees along the Sussex Border Path). D.Allen Vivitar 5mp

Jun-06 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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The Hassocks PH
The Hassocks PH

Hassocks, West Sussex

Jun-06 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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Burgess Hill to Hassocks
Burgess Hill to Hassocks

View of water tower from path over railway near Burgess Hill. D.Allen Vivitar 5199 5mp

Jan-06 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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South Downs from Park Barn Farm on the Sussex Border Path on the Burgess Hill to Hassocks (extra) walk 108
South Downs from Park Barn Farm on the Sussex Border Path on the Burgess Hill to Hassocks (extra) walk 108

Mud to die for on the SBP between Ditchling & the South Downs. D. Allen Vivitar 5199 3 March 2007

Jan-06 • magyardave2002 • On flickr

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