South Downs Waywards

In July 2023 I began walking the South Downs Way by myself, East to West, and, at the time of writing this post I'm just over halfway, having walked from Eastbourne to Amberley over four days.  Setting out: 100 miles to go I haven't always been someone who enjoys solo walking. Or perhaps I have and just didn't know it. It has tended to be a companionable thing, rather than an end in itself. Especially during lockdown, when it became a legitimate way of meeting a friend in the open air when other forms of socialising were largely forbidden.  In fact, when I think about it, I haven't done very many solo walks at all. I have disappeared off to climb Arthur's Seat a couple of times when I've been in Edinburgh. As a child I'd very occasionally wander off through countryside to the millpond with sketchpad and notebook. And I went to Mount Sturgeon by myself once or twice on free weekends when I was living in Hamilton, Australia. But I suppose, it just didn't o