Having learnt our lesson yesterday trying to park close to Ditchling Beacon, today we headed into the town of Haslemere to park, and from there had a great, circular walk up to the Sussex Border Trail and the Serpent Trail.
Once out of the town and up on the National Trust land at Blackdown it's clear the area is very popular with Sunday walkers and their dogs, though no one follows us as we head off-piste for 5 minutes to locate the trig point on a quieter overgrown path through the trees. There are lovely views across to the West, and later southwards from the Temple of the Four Winds and its semi circular stone seat, although in the pub the night before the locals were telling us about the tragedy of the Blackdown air crash in 1967 when all on board an Iberian Airlines flight were killed after their plane flew into the hill just below. We walked back through the woods and along tree-lined Tennyson's Lane which is named after the poet who built a home here.
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| Triangulation Point at Blackdown Hill now surrounded by tall trees |
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| View to the west with unusual cloud formations |
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