The plan: Wake up early and pack up, make our way to the Cuckmere Meanders viewpoint where we'd have breakfast and watch the fiery skyball rise over arguably the best damn view in Sussex. The reality: Make it to the viewpoint, check the weather and comment, "Well it's meant to be raining right now," then [...]
Fuck me, this tent stinks of socks and unwashed humans and its only day four. Nothing like sleeping in a confined space when you don't have access to a shower. We'll be evacuating villages during our big walk next year when we roll in stinking like we do. In fairness to my really quite expensive [...]
It was really warm last night, warmer than October has any right being. That sounds like I'm complaining, I'm not, but I'm starting to resent my gorgeous, snuggly down jacket that I thought I'd get a shit tonne of use out of this week. I deliberately bought the cosiest jacket I could find within my [...]
We fell asleep to the sound of loads of owls last night, it was wonderful. At least I hope they were owls anyway. The alarm went off at 5.30am and it was still pitch black. I had it hanging from the ceiling of the tent, I obviously couldn't see it and spent a good few [...]
The Vanguard Way somewhat conveniently starts at East Croydon train station. We caught the 06:05 from Brighton, which meant we were up at some ungodly hour and even the seagulls eyed us suspiciously as we shuffled to the station and availed ourselves of hot caffeine beverages from the terminally perky chap at the kiosk slap [...]
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