Horbur one

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This is the third longest Slow Ways route in Sussex. I walked it from Burgess Hill to Horsham on a sunny day in May. Looking at the route plotted on the map, I felt it was unnecessarily convoluted. It also crosses the HORCUC route which is far more direct. In the end I followed it largely as plotted though I cut out a couple of diversions at Bolney and Warninglid, so really I should upload a HORBUR 2 as the route I actually walked.

The route mainly uses field paths and woodland tracks with the occasional farm track. There are a couple of sections of walking along the verge beside busy roads, particularly Isaacs Lane north of Burgess Hill, but this was only for about 100m. Some of the paths are still pretty muddy in places after the wet winter and early spring, but by late May are well on the way to drying up. There are lots of stiles and kissing gates, not much in the way of livestock this time. It is a long route passing no refreshment opportunities, which probably accounts for the diversions to go close to the Bolney Stage and the Half Moon at Warninglid cross roads mentioned earlier. My advice is to take some sandwiches and plenty of water.

The route has many attractive sections and includes part of the High Weald Landscape Trail. It passes through the attractive little village of Slaugham, a hammer pond and St. Leonard's Forest the home of a legendary dragon. It also glimpses Wykehurst Park, a Victorian Gothic mansion which was used as a film location several times in the 1970s.

With a railway station at each end, this route would make a good summer day walk for trippers from London. It will be pretty muddy in the winter. Not suitable for wheels.

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