Balcombe Circular via Ardingly Reservoir Walk
Two interlocking circular walks (one for Summer, one for Winter) around Balcombe, taking in Ardingly Reservoir, the Ouse Valley Viaduct, and fine Weald territory.
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Ardingly Reservoir
Balcombe Circular walk
Dec-05 • Saturdaywalker on Flickr
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On and on, further up and up
Balcombe Circular (winter)
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On and on, up and up a bit more
Balcombe Circular (winter)
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Grim sight
Rotting stagsheads Balcombe Circular (winter)
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Agricultural Ground
A stitched photo - the gate's not really that narrow, Balcombe Circular (winter)
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Distant Ouse Valley Viaduct
Mar-17 • Turnerevil on Flickr
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Ouse Valley Viaduct Plaques
Mar-17 • Turnerevil on Flickr
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Inside the Ouse Valley Viaduct 1
Mar-17 • Turnerevil on Flickr
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Inside The Ouse Valley Viaduct 2
Mar-17 • Turnerevil on Flickr
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Inside The Ouse Valley Viaduct 3
Mar-17 • Turnerevil on Flickr
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Sunshiney Smoggy Morning
8.30 am Good Friday, London Bridge View
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Ploughed
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Furry fiddle heads
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Red Rooster and black hen
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Battery Hens
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Watching mother
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Easter chicks
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Chickens on a mission
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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In a flap
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Tail Plume and Iris Leaves
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Kellogs Rooster
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Puffed up
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Goose and gosling
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Cock of the walk
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Leaning Cock
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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So blue
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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A cow in the way
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Cow clocks me
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Have I got flies on me
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Into the woods
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Backlit bluebells
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Bluebell curls
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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64 Sheep
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Peter Greenaway Sheep
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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King cups in a pond
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Stitchworth underneath
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Bluebells up close
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Bluesky thinking
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Bluebells and Stitchwort
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Bull in field top right
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Viaduct and South Downs
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Impressive house
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Clock tower
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Dam flowers
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Resting under and Oak tree
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Rolling lawns
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Diamonds and bullrushes
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Bells and fallen tree
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Rushy
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Fluffy
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Great Tit Ardingly Reservoir
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Sweeping grass
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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The end of the reservoir
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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6 Kingfisher Trail
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Flat Pheasant on a blind bend
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Yellow sun faces
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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My perfect garden with a swing
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Yellow doors Balcombe
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Arum Maculatum
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Many cones
Apr-11 • Sarah Heenan on Flickr
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Infamous steps
These steps may look innocent but they'll have you as soon as look at you. If you're looking at them from this angle, it's too late. You've probably already fallen down them. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Levitating calves
From the famous flying herd of Balcombe. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Sculpture, Ardingley Reservoir
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Deer sculptures
Ardingley Reservoir. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Watch out for these
It was one of these pushed me down the steps. Stag beetle - or an earwig reversing? Ardingley Reservoir, Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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English rain forest
Well, it was raining and we were in the trees. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Woodland path.
Woodland path. Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Cyclamen, Wakehurst Place
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Cyclamen, Wakehurst Place
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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By a redwood
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Tree in a wood
Balcombe Circular via Ardingley Reservoir (summer walk)
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular (winter)
One of the less-muddy sections of the walk, 6 Jan '08.
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular (winter)
A procession of trees, 6 Jan '08.
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular (winter)
Ouse Valley viaduct (external), 6 Jan '08.
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular (winter)
Ouse Valley viaduct (internal), beautifully proportioned, with curves in all the right places, 6 Jan '08.
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular
Cock, Westup Farm, 5 May '07
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular
5 May '07
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Book 3, Walk 22, Balcombe Circular
Balcombe, 5 May '07
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