Home soil

I enjoy a quiet catch up day in Portsmouth, visiting many more bike shops than I wanted to. I think my chain needs to be changed but, rather worryingly, opinions and measurements of wear vary widely. Looks like I will need to start measuring it myself so as to understand what is going on.

Today I will cross the South Downs national park. After some climbing I divert to visit Old Winchester Hill. People have been present here for at least 4000 years and there are bronze age burial mounds and an iron age hill fort. The smell of the vegetation, the sheep, the quietness and the views are very evoking and I feel so much on home soil. Its a place where I too would want to live.

Next I head for Hinton Ampner, a National trust property that I could almost imagine living in.

Tonight I will camp next to the Water Cress Railway line. Its very quiet and cold and I wake to a frost on the tent and on Maisie.Weiterlesen