Kingley Vale Day walk

On a very warm day we were glad to start off in the shade of these ancient twisted and gnarled yews, winding our way around between them until we came across the grandmother(father?) tree which had a circle of new uprights growing from its old branches that had touched the ground around it. Up onto the ridge for long ranging views of Chichester harbour and beyond, looking across to Portsmouth as we had a quick coffee stop at the tumps – bronze age barrows. We picked up the Monarch’s way down towards Stoughton and through to the next village for a lunch stop before taking a gently climbing path again through cool woodland up towards the top of the vale, descending the other ‘arm’ and back to the track leading to the start point.

Walk leader: Ant Waton