Hi, Like your video, but as a local I do have to comment on your pronunciation of Adur. I say it Aa Dure. In 70 years I have never heard it any other way. I can remember when the passenger train ran from Shoreham to Christ's Hospital station for onward connection to Horsham or to Guildford along what is now the northern part of the Downs Link path. The 'disused factory' was a cement works. The section of line from Shoreham to the cement works remained in use until at least the late 70's as a freight line. The wooden bridge over the Adur near the airport at the start of the video used to be a Toll Bridge that carried the A 27 road across the river before the present day 'Flyover' was built in the late 60's. The concrete structure in the field near the river at 8 minutes 40 seconds is an old gun position covering the river from the Second World War, built probably in 1940 ish. There are quite a few of them around still. Regards from West Sussex
Hi Tony and glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the correction on the pronunciation. I've not heard it said before so was bound to get it wrong...I will keep it in mind for the future. Thanks also for all the information about the trail, what various things are and also your experience of it actually running. I'm going to pin this comment to the top so others can easily read it and learn more about the Downslink.
@@WilderhopeAdventures Hi, so glad you took it in the sprit intended, no criticism was meant. I have only watched a few of your videos so far but I am really liking them. I have passed on the link to your channel to a friend I have done many walks with. We are both over 70 but still up for a day out exploring the country side on foot. I have lived in West Sussex all my life, and am very interested to see more of your walks from this area, as well as the ones from Yorkshire which is an area I also know, my Mother being a Teesside lass. Happy walking.
@@tonym480 Of course :-) I am always open to constructive feedback. I have definitely lived in places where you could tell a tourist by their pronunciation of a place name Glad you've been enjoying the videos so far and thank you for passing on the link to your friend also. Kind regards. CJ
Evening CJ, another cracking video. What a great looking trail, a good friend Steve is super keen on the railways we will share this route with him also. Thanks for sharing, best wishes, Ceri and Kat ❤☕🏔👍
Thank you. It's definitely a popular trail around here for many reasons. I've never quite understood the interest around trains but I hope your friend Steve enjoys the video.
That was wonderful walk. I did a part of this some years back in the middle of a heatwave, summertime. Boy did I end up feeling rough not having enough water. Cheers 🍻 Andy
Thank you. I can imagine it being tough in the summer heat with some of the open sections...I think in summer it would be one heck of a pub crawl though on a long weekend.
Brilliant as always I know this rout back from when I UST to cycle nice to see the train carage still there can't wait to see the next section spent a lot of time around the Bramley section in my youth thanks for sharing
I have cycled the Downs Link trail in Autumn 2021 between Christs Hospital and Shoreham By Sea. My favourite part was West Grinstead Station and the tunnel immediately afterwards. I loved the scenery afterwards and there were amazing views of the South Downs. I am also planning to cycle the section between Guildford and Christs Hospital, however I am about to finish the North Downs Way. I have also started the Vanguard Way this year and I only have 2 sections left. I do agree with you that the Vanguard Way has many road sections, however, the worst one was crossing the A22 at Golden Cross. However, I am yet to do the section in the Ashdown Forest and I have read about it and it says that it is beautiful. I loved Alfriston village and then the large forest on the way to Seven Sisters. I also quite liked the sections between Croydon and Edenbridge, however I went the wrong way because the Vanguard Way has a new route past Edenbridge and therefore I followed the Tandridge Border Path instead. However, I am planning to do the section from Troy Town again. I also agree with you that there is poor signage and I needed to follow my map carefully. In some places, there is no signage whatsoever. I find transport relatively good but there was the long section I did between Buxted and Berwick Inn which had no trnsport between and these stations only had trains once an hour. The Vanguard Way shares some short sections with the Wealdway, an 82 mile walking route which runs between Gravesend and Eastbourne and meets the North Downs Way at Trosley Country Park and then passes through the Ashdown Forest. If you are interested in any other old railway paths, then the Cuckoo Trail is another long path which starts at Heathfield in the East Sussex Weald and it makes its way down to Polegate Station and there is a route which you can reach Hampden Park and Eastbourne on. Additionally, the Forest Way runs between East Grinstead and Groombridge. There is a 7 mile railway path which runs between Witstable and Canterbury called the Crab Way. In Dorset there is an old railway path which runs on the Isle of Portland. Other paths
I was interested in this because I've only heard of the Downslink previously as a cycle route. I'm glad it's walkable, albeit in sections, I don't ride a bike!
Hi, enjoyed your video, i go cycling on the downs link most weekends, mainly Henfield to Shoreham airport, then along the seafront and back so am very familiar with these places. Some points of interest for non-locals doing this walk, keep an eye out for wild seals in the Adur and may i suggest a short diversion to explore Bramber village and castle ruins, well worth a look. Also, the original Henfield station steps can still be seen as you walk up left to the connecting road to the continuation of the link (approximately 7.52 secs on the video). Interesting video, thanks for uploading.
Glad you enjoyed it; it's definitely a great cycle route...wonder if I saw you out there that day :-) Thanks for the points of interest for non-locals (and even locals)...I didn't realize there were seals in the Adur...very cool. I agree about taking a short detour into Bramber and seeing the castle ruins. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
@@WilderhopeAdventures I love the link, sometimes i like solitude and just go for long gentle rides on my own. It's nice to stop and picnic at West Grinstead too and just watch the hikers/cyclists go by. I got chased by a cow recently protecting It's calf, where that world war 2 gun thing is at Henfield, it must have thought I was a threat or something, people don't realise cows can be dangerous, if i had more hair it would have raised lol. Gonna watch your other videos over time, look out for those raspberries won't you x.
Another interesting and informative walk, many thanks for making this video. How did you know about Alabama Rot? I.had not heard of it and needed to look it up. Rather nasty!
Thank you. Alabama Rot has been talked about a lot on local community dog pages on FB. I also ran across signs for it on the North Downs Way at the end of 2019 when I did a couple of sections of that.
Hi, Like your video, but as a local I do have to comment on your pronunciation of Adur. I say it Aa Dure. In 70 years I have never heard it any other way. I can remember when the passenger train ran from Shoreham to Christ's Hospital station for onward connection to Horsham or to Guildford along what is now the northern part of the Downs Link path. The 'disused factory' was a cement works. The section of line from Shoreham to the cement works remained in use until at least the late 70's as a freight line. The wooden bridge over the Adur near the airport at the start of the video used to be a Toll Bridge that carried the A 27 road across the river before the present day 'Flyover' was built in the late 60's. The concrete structure in the field near the river at 8 minutes 40 seconds is an old gun position covering the river from the Second World War, built probably in 1940 ish. There are quite a few of them around still. Regards from West Sussex
Hi Tony and glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for the correction on the pronunciation. I've not heard it said before so was bound to get it wrong...I will keep it in mind for the future.
Thanks also for all the information about the trail, what various things are and also your experience of it actually running. I'm going to pin this comment to the top so others can easily read it and learn more about the Downslink.
@@WilderhopeAdventures Hi, so glad you took it in the sprit intended, no criticism was meant. I have only watched a few of your videos so far but I am really liking them. I have passed on the link to your channel to a friend I have done many walks with. We are both over 70 but still up for a day out exploring the country side on foot. I have lived in West Sussex all my life, and am very interested to see more of your walks from this area, as well as the ones from Yorkshire which is an area I also know, my Mother being a Teesside lass. Happy walking.
@@tonym480 Of course :-) I am always open to constructive feedback. I have definitely lived in places where you could tell a tourist by their pronunciation of a place name
Glad you've been enjoying the videos so far and thank you for passing on the link to your friend also. Kind regards. CJ
Evening CJ, another cracking video. What a great looking trail, a good friend Steve is super keen on the railways we will share this route with him also. Thanks for sharing, best wishes, Ceri and Kat ❤☕🏔👍
Thank you. It's definitely a popular trail around here for many reasons. I've never quite understood the interest around trains but I hope your friend Steve enjoys the video.
Ohhh I do love railway trails. Thank you for doing this video. 😀
Glad you enjoyed it.
It's amazing how different things look. The section at West Grinstead is a great example of this. Fantastic video. 👍👏😀
Thank you...glad you enjoyed and couldn't agree more about how different things look
That was wonderful walk. I did a part of this some years back in the middle of a heatwave, summertime. Boy did I end up feeling rough not having enough water. Cheers 🍻 Andy
Thank you. I can imagine it being tough in the summer heat with some of the open sections...I think in summer it would be one heck of a pub crawl though on a long weekend.
Thanks, CJ, I really enjoyed part one. 👍🙂
Thank you...hope you enjoy Part 2 just as much
Brilliant as always I know this rout back from when I UST to cycle nice to see the train carage still there can't wait to see the next section spent a lot of time around the Bramley section in my youth thanks for sharing
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you
I have cycled the Downs Link trail in Autumn 2021 between Christs Hospital and Shoreham By Sea. My favourite part was West Grinstead Station and the tunnel immediately afterwards. I loved the scenery afterwards and there were amazing views of the South Downs. I am also planning to cycle the section between Guildford and Christs Hospital, however I am about to finish the North Downs Way. I have also started the Vanguard Way this year and I only have 2 sections left. I do agree with you that the Vanguard Way has many road sections, however, the worst one was crossing the A22 at Golden Cross. However, I am yet to do the section in the Ashdown Forest and I have read about it and it says that it is beautiful. I loved Alfriston village and then the large forest on the way to Seven Sisters. I also quite liked the sections between Croydon and Edenbridge, however I went the wrong way because the Vanguard Way has a new route past Edenbridge and therefore I followed the Tandridge Border Path instead. However, I am planning to do the section from Troy Town again. I also agree with you that there is poor signage and I needed to follow my map carefully. In some places, there is no signage whatsoever. I find transport relatively good but there was the long section I did between Buxted and Berwick Inn which had no trnsport between and these stations only had trains once an hour. The Vanguard Way shares some short sections with the Wealdway, an 82 mile walking route which runs between Gravesend and Eastbourne and meets the North Downs Way at Trosley Country Park and then passes through the Ashdown Forest.
If you are interested in any other old railway paths, then the Cuckoo Trail is another long path which starts at Heathfield in the East Sussex Weald and it makes its way down to Polegate Station and there is a route which you can reach Hampden Park and Eastbourne on. Additionally, the Forest Way runs between East Grinstead and Groombridge. There is a 7 mile railway path which runs between Witstable and Canterbury called the Crab Way. In Dorset there is an old railway path which runs on the Isle of Portland.
Other paths
I will have a look at the Cuckoo Trail, and have covered a few miles on the Forest Way
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I was interested in this because I've only heard of the Downslink previously as a cycle route. I'm glad it's walkable, albeit in sections, I don't ride a bike!
You can walk the whole thing in one go if you can 36 miles. Lol. It's such a nice accessible trail to walk
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That was interesting CJ 👍 I'm sure I've done that route on a bike.
Thank you.
I need to get down your way at somepoint this year, I’d love to do some of the Downsway trails x a good little link path for sure!
Definitely...would be fun to get out for a wild camp together too. I have some good spots in mind if you're up for a weekend on the South Downs
@@WilderhopeAdventures yeah for sure we’ve been meaning to get a camp going since the clean up your mile lol x we should get on this
Hi, enjoyed your video, i go cycling on the downs link most weekends, mainly Henfield to Shoreham airport, then along the seafront and back so am very familiar with these places. Some points of interest for non-locals doing this walk, keep an eye out for wild seals in the Adur and may i suggest a short diversion to explore Bramber village and castle ruins, well worth a look. Also, the original Henfield station steps can still be seen as you walk up left to the connecting road to the continuation of the link (approximately 7.52 secs on the video). Interesting video, thanks for uploading.
Glad you enjoyed it; it's definitely a great cycle route...wonder if I saw you out there that day :-)
Thanks for the points of interest for non-locals (and even locals)...I didn't realize there were seals in the Adur...very cool. I agree about taking a short detour into Bramber and seeing the castle ruins. Thanks for watching and commenting :-)
@@WilderhopeAdventures I love the link, sometimes i like solitude and just go for long gentle rides on my own. It's nice to stop and picnic at West Grinstead too and just watch the hikers/cyclists go by. I got chased by a cow recently protecting It's calf, where that world war 2 gun thing is at Henfield, it must have thought I was a threat or something, people don't realise cows can be dangerous, if i had more hair it would have raised lol. Gonna watch your other videos over time, look out for those raspberries won't you x.
Another interesting and informative walk, many thanks for making this video.
How did you know about Alabama Rot? I.had not heard of it and needed to look it up. Rather nasty!
Thank you. Alabama Rot has been talked about a lot on local community dog pages on FB. I also ran across signs for it on the North Downs Way at the end of 2019 when I did a couple of sections of that.
Another great video 😊 keep up the good work 👏 atb Justkarl_outdoors
Thanks, you too!