Squeezing in one last walk...

Julia and I went for the last walk of 2008 - Hassocks to Upper Beeding. 10 miles, graded 8/10 in terms of difficulty.

It was a great walk! We're having VERY cold weather at the mo, and the day was perfect - clear blue sky (although a bit misty), and very cold. Grass crackling under out feet as we walked through the frost - brilliant. And it was along the South Downs which is one of my favourite places, and we haven't walked there for ages, so it was just great to get back down there, walk up a few hills and stride along the Downs. It would have been a lot harder if it hadn't been so cold as a few stretches of it were quite muddy, but as the mud was frozen it didn't impact on us at all.

It was really quiet as well - aside from around the lunch spot, we didn't really see many people at all. And we finished just as the sun was going down, so we weren't walking in the freezing cold - cos when the sun goes down at the mo the temperature seems to drop about 5 deg :-). There are a couple of photos below, but also more on Flickr.

We have many plans for doing more walking in 2009 as well...