Wilmington to Eastbourne Pier - Monday May 28th
Yet another glorious day. We drove to Wilmington and parked up just under the "man" ready to set off on this last leg of the path. Wilmington is a lovely village and in the churchyard is a Yew tree that is over 2,000 years old. It has to be propped up in places - a bit like us oldies really! Next to the Church was a Priory - not now used in this way but as a trendy guest house - and the best theory for who created the "Man" is that it was a bored monk in the late 1600's who set about carving it into the chalk hill.
Starting off at the base of the South Downs
"Daddy, can you help me up this hill please"
Looking across to the Weald
We never counted the hundreds of little yellow "Wealdway - way markers" that we passed along the full length of the walk but it must have run into thousands
At last - the first sight of the sea since the start in March. We had a little competition to see who would be the first to spot the sea but it was rigged because my two colleagues are vertically challenged and had no chance!
The walk across the downs was probably the best of the whole journey. Excellent walking and great views all round.
Walking down to the beach
The prom at Eastbourne is a great British Classic.
We made it!
So this is the end of our 83 mile walk. We still can't believe that since starting out on March 19th we have not needed to wear Waterproofs once - that must be a record for a UK Spring!. A general comment would be that the Kent section was better way marked than the Sussex section. Legs 2, 3, 4, 5 and 7 were the best and probably this last section - leg 7 - was the icing on the cake.
Stats for the day were...
Date
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Steps
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Distance (mi)
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Time (min)
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Calories
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Average speed (mph)
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Average pace (min/mi)
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Average steps rate (steps/min)
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Elevation gain (feet)
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Elevation lost (feet)
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28/05/12
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20395
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10.8
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249
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1299
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2.6
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23
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82
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1657
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1737
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