West Sussex Literary Trail Stage 1: Spencer's Place to Sumners Ponds
We Waywards have been thinking about a new walking project since completing the Way. We were keen to embark on the King Charles III coastal route, but information is still difficult to come by and only a few stretches appear to be fully open as yet. We decided to wait until it was a bit more established. Have guidebook, will travel Meanwhile, I had happened upon a copy of the West Sussex Literary Trail book in our local Lions bookstore and, being a literary sort, was intrigued. Thus, we embarked on the first leg on Friday 16th February 2024. We started in Horsham where the trail begins, but in the absence of the Shelley fountain, and until the Shelley Memorial Project comes to fruition with a new memorial in the town, we avoided the town centre and commenced our walk from Spencer’s Place. We crossed part of Rookwood Golf Course and, after a short while, entered Warnham Deer Park where we encountered several of the red deer for which the Lucas family are famous. The Deer Park currentl