{"id":98206,"date":"2025-02-19T22:42:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/recipes\/category-a-b\/beer\/setting-the-scene-for-a-welcome-south-coast-break\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T22:42:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:42:10","slug":"setting-the-scene-for-a-welcome-south-coast-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=98206","title":{"rendered":"Setting the scene for a welcome, south coast break"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-body-2913093143948660629\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhysTCILj4v96t_w25VAwKMWt-stb_ZwlnsR7RMuL5CQ9d7rKDdep4KNdIQf452fD4tWE-pCwgW2nlpFHr1rh3mg1pIzrzuwNV_c6TYATH79npJA18uVHjxhA05Ww7ezGrUlww2IOB8sXbTCxjoOSLFmIeV5WuB4shiCi75tZts6F_zio0EHKR-uQ34mmQ\/s3875\/Chichester%20high%20sreet.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2066\" data-original-width=\"3875\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhysTCILj4v96t_w25VAwKMWt-stb_ZwlnsR7RMuL5CQ9d7rKDdep4KNdIQf452fD4tWE-pCwgW2nlpFHr1rh3mg1pIzrzuwNV_c6TYATH79npJA18uVHjxhA05Ww7ezGrUlww2IOB8sXbTCxjoOSLFmIeV5WuB4shiCi75tZts6F_zio0EHKR-uQ34mmQ\/w400-h214\/Chichester%20high%20sreet.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Late last<b> Friday <\/b>evening, I returned from a most enjoyable<br \/>\nand eagerly anticipated short break on <b>England\u2019s South Coast.<\/b> The break<br \/>\ninvolved an overnight stay in the <b>West Sussex<\/b> town of <b>Chicheste<\/b>r, although<br \/>\nseeing as there\u2019s a rather attractive cathedral at its heart, perhaps<br \/>\n<b>Chichester<\/b> should be described as a city. Perhaps its compact nature is more<br \/>\napplicable to a town but whatever the description, <b>Chichester <\/b>is the county<br \/>\ntown of <b>West Sussex.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjsWH4v8PVbn15JUvIERiYt3e9D0FDWdmZ1SEcP5gNOodQLB_dvcr3q_Uvy3DlFLyL085sv3SSkMTloaNjRbU6cE8KGJoSkhwCbv-Bb-a54eqbdz-ElCtPwlQLCY64a6PrB6bc_HRPdZmHY12phl_DXJbmrPN196rHGZB-Ed892-4ynL2JjVw7m7iIcUN4\/s960\/Dave,%20Paul%20&amp;%20Paul.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"720\" data-original-width=\"960\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjsWH4v8PVbn15JUvIERiYt3e9D0FDWdmZ1SEcP5gNOodQLB_dvcr3q_Uvy3DlFLyL085sv3SSkMTloaNjRbU6cE8KGJoSkhwCbv-Bb-a54eqbdz-ElCtPwlQLCY64a6PrB6bc_HRPdZmHY12phl_DXJbmrPN196rHGZB-Ed892-4ynL2JjVw7m7iIcUN4\/w400-h300\/Dave,%20Paul%20&amp;%20Paul.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>My visit to this cathedral city, involved meeting up with legendary<br \/>\npub man <b>Stafford Paul,<\/b> whose intention was to spend a couple of days escorting two<br \/>\nvisitors from the<b> United States<\/b> around the pubs, and other delights of this<br \/>\ncompact <b>Sussex<\/b> town. The visitors from<br \/>\nacross the <b>Atlantic<\/b>, were <b>Dave<\/b> and <b>Joan Southworth<\/b>, who are regular visitors to<br \/>\nthese shores, sometimes in conjunction with <b>Dave&#8217;s<\/b> brother <b>Dick.<\/b> This time<br \/>\naround, <b>Dave<\/b> and <b>Joan<\/b> would be spending a month in the <b>UK,<\/b> and for the purpose of the visit had<br \/>\nbased themselves at a rented cottage to the south of <b>Chichester. Paul<\/b> had invited me to join the group for this two day, exploratory visit. <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgLD8YMvWGKqiZZ7pscF_fzpwPE3FEpqCMc0IVa_L0ev68YDNGlBVJiy9-B34fPvbTpLbFqrkI5buEi6FXMvb8KMDkzydIwjSx4wbFCBCvU3lfYQoQee4vDHpq-S9Anpd2rboPi09Fegh4M_Dl80TF7NWapdPsOU6qHdC3BRHP8cRHHr29p6RmlV35TuZE\/s3758\/Spinnaker.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2079\" data-original-width=\"3758\" height=\"221\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgLD8YMvWGKqiZZ7pscF_fzpwPE3FEpqCMc0IVa_L0ev68YDNGlBVJiy9-B34fPvbTpLbFqrkI5buEi6FXMvb8KMDkzydIwjSx4wbFCBCvU3lfYQoQee4vDHpq-S9Anpd2rboPi09Fegh4M_Dl80TF7NWapdPsOU6qHdC3BRHP8cRHHr29p6RmlV35TuZE\/w400-h221\/Spinnaker.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The idea for such a meet-up, had come from<br \/>\n<b>Stafford Paul,<\/b> who had joined the couple, last year on a <b><i>&#8220;Proper Day Out&#8221;<\/i><\/b> in<br \/>\nthe city of <b>Lincoln.<\/b> Also present at that early autumn pub <b>\u201cexploration\u201d<\/b> trip was<br \/>\nnone other than <b>Retired Martin,<\/b> pub-ticker extraordinaire and someone who must<br \/>\nsurely hold the record for the number of pubs he has visited in the <b>United<br \/>\nKingdom<\/b>. This achievement came about as the result of his ultimately successful<br \/>\nquest to every pub in the <b>CAMRA Good Beer Guide.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj0QxIGo9z8UyqdyZl-BF16yvO3FT_6-9_eQxJ9t8yU-s8RfAZXwQxt7jRcFmbgmOdVzwvSGMalorXCkLjhDjKWdBfiHdRgTkr0Ofo8tB3Nl23vdoyHs3VYzHm-fBI3z51PEX-HmLZjtHzuutTZ-C2uWFAM8Rh9uA5PiVL05k-6M8x5OyrSX3Uw11TGL3o\/s3036\/Chichester%20Inn.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1988\" data-original-width=\"3036\" height=\"263\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEj0QxIGo9z8UyqdyZl-BF16yvO3FT_6-9_eQxJ9t8yU-s8RfAZXwQxt7jRcFmbgmOdVzwvSGMalorXCkLjhDjKWdBfiHdRgTkr0Ofo8tB3Nl23vdoyHs3VYzHm-fBI3z51PEX-HmLZjtHzuutTZ-C2uWFAM8Rh9uA5PiVL05k-6M8x5OyrSX3Uw11TGL3o\/w400-h263\/Chichester%20Inn.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After learning the <b>Southworth\u2019s <\/b>intention to visit the<b><br \/>\nEnglish South Coast<\/b> in <b>mid-February, Paul <\/b>arranged to meet up with them, and<br \/>\nkindly suggested that I might like to join the group. <b>Paul<\/b> subsequently went ahead<br \/>\nand booked three nights\u2019 accommodation at the <b>Chichester Inn<\/b>, an historic pub<br \/>\nin the heart of <b>Chichester. <\/b>After a bit of necessary prodding from <b>Paul<\/b>,\u00a0 I too booked<br \/>\na<b> Thursday <\/b>night stay at the same inn, which would allow two days to visit both<b> Chichester, <\/b>and<br \/>\nthe neighbouring naval city of <b>Portsmouth.<\/b><\/p>\n<table cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVel7NTjehwp2ap1D8nr8hyphenhyphenfvMrYtpXS5G87ACoFlH4xZQcZUeZCK3Om7lYK6p1dhZdL1SIKEctKcWiiORVy_-RzWQ0mTxl1t63rSD3WnWviDyLNF5VjY4rA8R6_0106IKWdeGqI6cg2Ghs9VzUf-3JQa3l5DdM_g7_0dH-twrkHz7MBLgkUD5Ofo_Rl0\/s6666\/IsleOfWight2022OSM.png\" style=\"clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"4437\" data-original-width=\"6666\" height=\"266\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiVel7NTjehwp2ap1D8nr8hyphenhyphenfvMrYtpXS5G87ACoFlH4xZQcZUeZCK3Om7lYK6p1dhZdL1SIKEctKcWiiORVy_-RzWQ0mTxl1t63rSD3WnWviDyLNF5VjY4rA8R6_0106IKWdeGqI6cg2Ghs9VzUf-3JQa3l5DdM_g7_0dH-twrkHz7MBLgkUD5Ofo_Rl0\/w400-h266\/IsleOfWight2022OSM.png\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">My son<b> Matthew <\/b>and I visited <b>Chichester<\/b> at the start of<br \/>\n<b>November 2023<\/b>, which meant I was reasonably familiar with the town\u2019s layout, and<br \/>\nits pubs, but as far as <b>Portsmouth<\/b> was concerned, that would be a new location. But not completely new, as I had passed through <b>Portsmouth<\/b> in the summer of<br \/>\n<b>1969<\/b>, in order to take a ferry across to the <b>Isle of Wight.<\/b> That trip was as a member<br \/>\nof a youth group, that was visiting the island for a walking holiday, staying<br \/>\novernight at a couple of the <b>IOW\u2019s Youth Hostels.<\/b> I was only <b>14<\/b> at the time, so<br \/>\npubs weren\u2019t of much interest to me, but I was quite keen on striking up a<br \/>\nrelationship with one or two of the girls in the party. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>This involved nothing more serious than holding hand, plus a quick kiss and the odd cuddle. My endeavours were reasonably successful, although looking back I feel a little uncomfortable about unceremoniously<br \/>\nditching one young lady, after discovering that a more attractive looking, and slightly<br \/>\nmore mature girl, had the hots for me. <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEipPkvb1HCqxCEOsAmmlVCTN33QTRKnfz6KuLoPfVja5DtoQMky7IJn_hFLlupJfr32p_7HYwI2EhgVi6hECvGNCaoxsaykdog0oOBw7ilRsH6M2lWXXtq1RbO1621THyKAQag8JEGB0vDc69ZLbWVROqnz0DO1brGobxzdsZsNYR-UvE_kOyy3EQdCaWE\/s220\/Bob_Dylan_-_Highway_61_Revisited.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"220\" data-original-width=\"220\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEipPkvb1HCqxCEOsAmmlVCTN33QTRKnfz6KuLoPfVja5DtoQMky7IJn_hFLlupJfr32p_7HYwI2EhgVi6hECvGNCaoxsaykdog0oOBw7ilRsH6M2lWXXtq1RbO1621THyKAQag8JEGB0vDc69ZLbWVROqnz0DO1brGobxzdsZsNYR-UvE_kOyy3EQdCaWE\/w320-h320\/Bob_Dylan_-_Highway_61_Revisited.jpg\" width=\"320\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The things we do when we\u2019re young, but my other interest was<br \/>\nmusic, pop rather than rock, as my tastes back then were a little unsophisticated, to put<br \/>\nit mildly. So the news that <b>Bob Dylan <\/b>was to play the<b> Isle of Wight Festival<\/b><br \/>\nas his comeback gig, following <u>that <\/u>motorcycle crash, sort of passed me by,<br \/>\nand the fact that the event was taking place some distance from where we were<br \/>\nstaying, meant there was little chance of getting to see the legendary<br \/>\nmusician. The fact that I missed <b>Dylan\u2019s<\/b> comeback live performance wasn\u2019t lost<br \/>\nupon life-long, <b>Dylan fan Dave,<\/b> during our subsequent conversation, but those<br \/>\nwere the circumstances, at the time. Besides, it\u2019s unlikely that a group of youngsters,<br \/>\nin their early teens could have gained admission to the festival.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiwyc3hnxaTuUIqIfmzRmDOEsea_DoXanLEMteLCHTtjKSWMSM5YlGN574Imso97NDgHZt1o4CFzbRkRQtXEIBtaDJFETeMTEwzlmYc7cG94PRQJwX2CwUH4nIeJByyxWXSYWT1-4d0Nb4C0wtcJl2BchvDYalS_aVI-YI_jKuu7-KVdi4JytS21ef4Nvs\/s2048\/Paul%20bootlaces.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1536\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiwyc3hnxaTuUIqIfmzRmDOEsea_DoXanLEMteLCHTtjKSWMSM5YlGN574Imso97NDgHZt1o4CFzbRkRQtXEIBtaDJFETeMTEwzlmYc7cG94PRQJwX2CwUH4nIeJByyxWXSYWT1-4d0Nb4C0wtcJl2BchvDYalS_aVI-YI_jKuu7-KVdi4JytS21ef4Nvs\/w400-h300\/Paul%20bootlaces.JPG\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>As for the walking holiday, we started with an overnight<br \/>\nstay at <b>Cowes,<\/b> before heading inland to the heart of the island. We ended up at<br \/>\nthe seaside resort of <b>Sandown <\/b>and <b>Shanklin<\/b>, where there was another youth<br \/>\nhostel \u2013 spoiler alert, there\u2019s only <b>YHA hostel,<\/b> remaining on the <b>IOW! <\/b>It was a<br \/>\nweek of glorious sunny weather, with nothing in the way of rain, and some wonderfully<br \/>\nrefreshing sea air. The freedom of wandering through some beautiful, and<br \/>\nunspoilt countryside, with other young people, the same age as me, was<br \/>\nsomething to behold, and whilst I have seriously digressed from the main story,<br \/>\nI couldn\u2019t resist slipping in that nostalgic look back, even though I failed to<br \/>\nsee <b>Bob Dylan.<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgox2Q_fM5nHjHo_SALf_ypU05Anz1ol9IMhmBnvkwdiy7pumSmEmwsIXYhoCknUumra9jlNqHkH7DevZQox9Ri8nbVZA03k3kQCCidI1Odlmq4ZydbXJV9j2FQCPJy_2yfFa54DEOMYnvYXUsk9fFJ9sd7YkGOa8rmABTvQ3ZWk_4DtaOg4AZxPXwoYJY\/s3764\/Portsmouth%20shoreline.jpg\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2154\" data-original-width=\"3764\" height=\"229\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEgox2Q_fM5nHjHo_SALf_ypU05Anz1ol9IMhmBnvkwdiy7pumSmEmwsIXYhoCknUumra9jlNqHkH7DevZQox9Ri8nbVZA03k3kQCCidI1Odlmq4ZydbXJV9j2FQCPJy_2yfFa54DEOMYnvYXUsk9fFJ9sd7YkGOa8rmABTvQ3ZWk_4DtaOg4AZxPXwoYJY\/w400-h229\/Portsmouth%20shoreline.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Moving swiftly on, and getting the narrative back on track, <b>Portsmouth<\/b><br \/>\nacted as both departure and arrival point for that trip across to the <b>Isle of Wight.<\/b><br \/>\nThe outward journey saw us arriving in <b>Cowes<\/b>, whilst the return crossing of the<br \/>\n<b>Solent<\/b>, saw us departing the island, from <b>Ryde.<\/b> I remember walking along <b>Ryde<br \/>\npier<\/b>, presumably to board the vessel taking us back to the mainland, whilst <b>Crosby,<br \/>\nStills &amp; Nash\u2019s<\/b> first <b>UK <\/b>hit,<b> Marrakesh Express, <\/b>was playing from a nearby radio.<br \/>\nThe other point of interest was the journey over from <b>Portsmouth <\/b>had been by <b>hovercraft<\/b>,<br \/>\nwhilst the return trip was by <b>hydrofoil. <\/b>Both crossings were much quicker, than<br \/>\nby conventional ferry, but the latter was far less noisy than the hovercraft. We<br \/>\nwere also able to see out of the window without our view being obstructed by spray,<br \/>\nfrom the curtain of air that raised the vessel off the water and allowed it to skim<br \/>\nat speed, across the surface of the water. <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhRq-ZjTXm3ycs0K6lQ_LyPhgA5jZNSeAW-PhiHz29rF1l5lUXMwYelGgBiNtxAFqSuUtCLY2E8JdPQy69_G2yhMF_pHHn1-IOF9XALTuilmbm4TCv1SqiTPU1Ww_DskXxu7yw7oag5Bbzs4cHX2GeMSBvDWlF4v2TFZqmtwby8YOq_1VeG00K-yX7jJUg\/s3595\/Portsmouth%20harbour.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2100\" data-original-width=\"3595\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhRq-ZjTXm3ycs0K6lQ_LyPhgA5jZNSeAW-PhiHz29rF1l5lUXMwYelGgBiNtxAFqSuUtCLY2E8JdPQy69_G2yhMF_pHHn1-IOF9XALTuilmbm4TCv1SqiTPU1Ww_DskXxu7yw7oag5Bbzs4cHX2GeMSBvDWlF4v2TFZqmtwby8YOq_1VeG00K-yX7jJUg\/w400-h234\/Portsmouth%20harbour.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Other memories of <b>Portsmouth a<\/b>re confined to a visit to <b>Admiral<br \/>\nNelson\u2019s<\/b> historic flagship, <b>HMS Victory,<\/b> plus a boat trip around the harbour undertaken<br \/>\nby a friend and I, which allowed us to see part of the <b>Royal Navy<\/b> flotilla moored<br \/>\nup there. During our time on the south coast, I was happy for <b>Stafford Paul <\/b>and<br \/>\n<b>Dave Southworth<\/b> to act as guides. Both of them had visited<b> Chichester<\/b><br \/>\npreviously and <b>Dave<\/b> had also visited <b>Portsmouth. <\/b>I travelled down to<br \/>\n<b>Chichester, <\/b>by train, from <b>Tonbridge, <\/b>on the <b>Thursday<\/b>, and returned from<br \/>\n<b>Portsmouth<\/b> the following day, also by rail. As mentioned earlier, the trip<br \/>\ninvolved an overnight stay at the <b>Chichester Inn<\/b>, for both <b>Paul<\/b> and me.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhKVqaVUHEw0VEUiok38PnB4fCkT1ChVOu9acV9oKBMjqyogP6FhKzzAp1OEVsBlBGYqglGlRcxmVDemRz1OkPzy0iG8z4CJqN6UmZMSoffLCKixAgfw_d3qaEUPXYWAHJNNBmu00oqkYqyDYX9Q_6ERIi7ZHV9g88WfhN6d3fenUzOXAYvfOuIKc77k2s\/s4000\/SW%20Trains.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"2101\" data-original-width=\"4000\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhKVqaVUHEw0VEUiok38PnB4fCkT1ChVOu9acV9oKBMjqyogP6FhKzzAp1OEVsBlBGYqglGlRcxmVDemRz1OkPzy0iG8z4CJqN6UmZMSoffLCKixAgfw_d3qaEUPXYWAHJNNBmu00oqkYqyDYX9Q_6ERIi7ZHV9g88WfhN6d3fenUzOXAYvfOuIKc77k2s\/w400-h210\/SW%20Trains.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>I opted for the cross-country rail route, taking advantage<br \/>\nof the <b>Tonbridge-Redhill<\/b> link, which allows connections with a number of mainlines heading south, away from the capital. Avoiding <b>London <\/b>meant a considerable reduction in rail<br \/>\nfare, and by using my <b>Senior Rail Card<\/b> I was able to purchase a period return<br \/>\nfor the bargain price of <b>\u00a321.75.<\/b>\u00a0 <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\/>After changing<br \/>\ntrains at <b>Redhill <\/b>and again at <b>Three Bridges,<\/b> I arrived in <b>Chichester<\/b> shortly after<br \/>\nmidday. I particularly enjoyed the journey through <b>Sussex<\/b>, from <b>Three Bridges<\/b> across<br \/>\nto <b>Arundel,<\/b> where the line follows the gap in the <b>South Downs<\/b>, cut in<br \/>\nprehistoric times, by the river <b>Arun. <\/b>Despite the lack of recent rain, the river<br \/>\nseemed fairly full and was close in places to the top of the banks. The fields<br \/>\ntoo, were waterlogged in places, and as we approached the village of <b>Amberley,<\/b><br \/>\nmemories of walking the <b>South Downs Way, <\/b>came flooding back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhwvvdeRkCKIqnlMpHR4-mfm7PNjGS9nLSHOnQB976Z3k0wMtCRWuSZ6_Qoe5Z5MwKZULiKkmFLFQTtB3F3z3JQOR1oWUfN9Eqfiz3Jl11wthT52llqd_a1urDpw45DbRZ0mJFfAUJ7A7qT-N3Jc6xoaP3PAxSUoUy7HIqJiDoggSJeb3TMFvzu7Vt9Nq0\/s2048\/Jack%20Windmill%20Paul.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1536\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhwvvdeRkCKIqnlMpHR4-mfm7PNjGS9nLSHOnQB976Z3k0wMtCRWuSZ6_Qoe5Z5MwKZULiKkmFLFQTtB3F3z3JQOR1oWUfN9Eqfiz3Jl11wthT52llqd_a1urDpw45DbRZ0mJFfAUJ7A7qT-N3Jc6xoaP3PAxSUoUy7HIqJiDoggSJeb3TMFvzu7Vt9Nq0\/w400-h300\/Jack%20Windmill%20Paul.JPG\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>That section of the <b>SDW<\/b> walk took place in <b>2009,<\/b> when with<br \/>\nmy friend <b>Eric,<\/b> and I had walked the middle section of trail from the <b><i>&#8220;Jack<br \/>\n&amp; Jill&#8221;<\/i><\/b> windmills, at <b>Clayton<\/b>, to <b>Petersfield,<\/b> just across the border into<br \/>\n<b>Hampshire<\/b>. As the train journeyed through the <b>Arun gap<\/b>, I&#8217;m sure I recognised<br \/>\nthe footbridge across the river, and could see the footpath disappearing up the<br \/>\nsteep scarp slope of the <b>South Downs. <\/b>That was certainly a steep climb, and one<br \/>\nthat seemed to go on forever before we reached the top of the hills.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiQ4_1XwD0nXknDDQsW968roLQPtFrfhmYnD5pb8K7wIJx_24iTcV0pL4iO4AtCAXOr2vvT9ECVChEeWkfM-XhHyNpl3ym4jbuqro0nyzQuAleNHCiRPHGfNYQD3aNOvHtVrJ1Drm2QbduopDjS3bNpng8d0QrvsA764pNvcibYD52jRzvS-bLsPp5VE0s\/s2048\/Sportsman%20Amberley.JPG\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1536\" data-original-width=\"2048\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiQ4_1XwD0nXknDDQsW968roLQPtFrfhmYnD5pb8K7wIJx_24iTcV0pL4iO4AtCAXOr2vvT9ECVChEeWkfM-XhHyNpl3ym4jbuqro0nyzQuAleNHCiRPHGfNYQD3aNOvHtVrJ1Drm2QbduopDjS3bNpng8d0QrvsA764pNvcibYD52jRzvS-bLsPp5VE0s\/w400-h300\/Sportsman%20Amberley.JPG\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>After an<br \/>\novernight stay at the excellent <b>Sportsman<\/b> pub in <b>Amberley, <\/b>we ought to have<br \/>\nbeen suitably rested, but I can still remember us, huffing and puffing up that<br \/>\nhill! Enjoying the views from the window, are one of the main<br \/>\nattractions of train travel, and this was a recurrent topic of conversation between<br \/>\n<b>Stafford Paul<\/b> and I during our time in the two south coast towns. The memories the<br \/>\ntrain journey brought back, and that I\u2019ve just described are priceless, although<br \/>\nI trust I haven\u2019t bored readers too much, by recounting them! <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh0OSW-QDdNM8N_VEDaGNFNdT3ym9tCKiou3tOTADiNLD2uk7jh0BxfMz7h_o5QGKFyOxyVAZDA0244bqG7t3Chs-N7pqpuLAGcfU9iX8YPPj-Eu9Zb4S2c1uqaLZEqFkEp0xBvv__MKwFNi4H6HtLUrrQy9bm7E5ffxPX1As10l0ZH9B5dyPE1v5oNAD8\/s2442\/Fountain%20Chich.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1877\" data-original-width=\"2442\" height=\"308\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh0OSW-QDdNM8N_VEDaGNFNdT3ym9tCKiou3tOTADiNLD2uk7jh0BxfMz7h_o5QGKFyOxyVAZDA0244bqG7t3Chs-N7pqpuLAGcfU9iX8YPPj-Eu9Zb4S2c1uqaLZEqFkEp0xBvv__MKwFNi4H6HtLUrrQy9bm7E5ffxPX1As10l0ZH9B5dyPE1v5oNAD8\/w400-h308\/Fountain%20Chich.jpg\" width=\"400\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>My train pulled into<br \/>\n<b>Chichester<\/b> station, shortly after midday, and I then made my way to the pre-arranged<br \/>\nrendezvous at the <b>Fountain<\/b>, in <b>South Street.<\/b> The pub is owned by <b>Dorset<\/b><br \/>\nbrewers, <b>Hall &amp; Woodhouse,<\/b> and was the same pub that <b>Matthew<\/b> and I had<br \/>\nvisited, on our <b>2023 <\/b>trip to the city. <span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span>It<br \/>\nseems a convenient place to beak the narrative, before continuing, next time<br \/>\nwith the main event, which of course was exploring the pubs of both <b>Chichester<\/b><br \/>\nand <b>Portsmouth.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>Credits: Isle of Wight Map:\u00a0 Kelisi, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https:>, via Wikimedia Commons<\/https:><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>Pub photo &#8211; Dave + two Pauls &#8211; Joan Southworth <br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Late last Friday evening, I returned from a most enjoyable and eagerly anticipated short break on England\u2019s South Coast. 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