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Infrequent Foot Plodders 2000
Previous pages are 1998 & 1999

Planned Events

The walks on a Tuesday evening and are usually within 40 minutes drive of Gatwick.
Time of departure is 4pm with an allowable faff time of 10 minutes to try and reduce car usage!
 
Date Location Organgrinder 
28 March  Within 20 Minutes by car   Committee
18 April  Abinger Common Denis Crampton
9 May     
30 May    
20 June    
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Plods done

 
When Where Distance How Many 
? Leith Hill  ? ?
15 August Wolsonbury Hill 9 km 5

Main Members

Name Speciality/Task Name Speciality/Task 
Dave Tilling  Chief whipper in and communications  Graham Bradley  Responsible for general organisation 
Steve Booth  Navigating diversions  Steve Metcalfe  Maps and equipment 
Andy Dawson  Hill climbing, pace and Areas  Richard Partridge/ Paul Farimond  Engineering support & ballet clothes 
Emmanuel Sciara  Guest Linguist 
Michael Kalkbrenner Jim Ellis  Honorary Artist & Philosophical Advisor (Retired)
Neal Zimmermann in charge of getting things down from top shelves 
Simon Barnes Mail list Bernd Eggen
  Mark Rainbow Crashing Big Kites & Game merchant

Wolstonbury Hill

Having been very lax in getting walks this year it was decided that a plod was in order. Steve M suggested that Wolstonbury hill looked suitable and was in an area that we have visited before near Jack & Jill Windmills.
WE managed to leave SLBH promptly at 16:30 and so having parked the cars in the car park of the Jack & Jill Inn  we were walking by 17:15. A quick look at the house on top of the tunnel portal and then along the tracks below Wolstonbury Hill with an ascent by the NE ridge.

(Photo Michael Kalkbrenner)

DT spotted a windmill in the far distance and a discussion ensued. We then moved S towards Pycombe and crossed the Hassocks road and through the golf course. Just past the golf course a sheep was found in a field of corn so an attempt was made to herd the sheep back through a gate, that we unhinged, to join it's friends. However being a sheep it did not do the obvious and started gettng agitated and so we put the gate back and left it. Soon we were onto the North Downs way and passing the windmills followed by a descent via the N face into Clayton. At the pub carpark I discovered that I had taken my house keys with me but locked the car keys in the car. A grovelling phone call to Caroline resulted in her driving out to meet us, just time right for a couple of rounds!
Steve