Bluebell time

The spell of unseasonably warm weather at the end of last week and over the weekend brought the bluebells on in leaps and bounds.

Sheep and lambs

There do seem to be more than the usual number of sheep (and therefore lambs) around this year.

Some of the lambs just want to cuddle up to mum and have a snooze...

...while some are bold enough to wander off on their own.

Mother keeps a close watch on these two.

Danny House

This Elizabethan house dates from the early 16th century but was extended in the 1590s. It is now converted into retirement flats.

Looking down

The village of Clayton as seen from Jack and Jill windmills.

It's not just hikers

We had to walk across a field while the horse went by as I don't like big animals.

South Downs Way

This long distance footpath runs between Peterfield in Hampshire and Beachy Head in East Sussex, a distance of about 100 miles. We sometimes walk short stretches of it, like this one between Ditchling Beacon and the Clayton windmills. It is a very popular path and can get a bit crowded. When we were there the other day there were several groups of teenagers who were presumably doing their Duke of Edinburgh's Award. No sooner had one lot passed us round the bend than another appeared over the brow of the hill.

To the woods!

In Stanmer Park.