Getting underway

The car park at Droke is about 16 miles from the Gorse Fox's lair. The drive acros was interesting as he turned onto the A285. Coming in the opposite direction was a huge convoy of motorcycles. There must have been a hundred or more of these bikes riding in convoy down to the south Coast.

Turning off the main road GF headed towards Droke. There isn't much to Droke.. a small car park, and a single house. That was it.


Leaving the car GF headed up by the side of the house and starting the first climb up to the extensive woodlands at the top of the Downs.

Woodlands turned out to be the theme for this walk. GF soon observed that after about 20 minutes in the beech woods, all the trees look much the same. GF loves trees, but even still they can become a bit samey.