BSumC2018: 17 mile Circular Walk (with a pub stop)

This event will open for bookings at 10am on Saturday, 28th July 2018. 

This is one of the many events organised as part of the Big Summer Camp 2018 weekend.

This hike is a big, all-day one (we'll be out for around 8-9 hours including 6-7 hours hiking and a couple of hours for breaks, lunch and the pub/s). It's aimed at anyone who wants to blow the cobwebs off and having got to Big Summer Camp, take the opportunity to do a good, long hike. The scenery around there is lovely, and hopefully the weather will be too.

We set off direct from the campsite and return there at the end, so there's no hassle of setting off in a convoy of cars and having to find parking. We'll work our way north to reach the the South Downs Way, along that for a while, then back south to the campsite.

Apart from the first couple of km through a residential area, we'll be mostly off road, on paths and tracks, through some woodland and across some open space (so bring suncream/hat etc if it's hot or a waterproof jacket if it's wet).

There's a total of 520m ascent over the walk, though the highest point we reach is only around 190m.

I've not done this walk before, but I've based it this one http://www.fancyfreewalks.org/W.Sussex-SurreyBorders/Burpham.pdf so we can be sure it's interesting and do-able. Basically it's that circular walk plus an extension down to the Rugby Club at the start and the finish. You can see the full route we will be following here https://osmaps.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/route/2311789/ODL-OutdoorLads-Big-Summer-Camp-2018-27km-walk-with-pubs (you may need OS Maps subscription to see this).

Late on in the walk we'll reach The World's End pub (https://www.worldsendpatching.co.uk) which is open all day and serves food all day too. We can stay there for as long as we like and then do the final hour/5km back to the campsite when we're ready for it.