please empty your brain below
'Thick thorny hedgerows'. Now there's a good clue !

Petras409 | 05.11.18 - 8:28 a.m. | #

Off topic, but <snip>

Andrew | 05.11.18 - 9:03 a.m. | #

I lived in Emsworth for years, and the one time I tried that route the ferry wasn't working, dammit.

You did well to do that in a day from London. How did you get to Bosham harbour from the railway station? It's about a 2 mile road. I guess you walked it.

dg writes: It's nearer 1 mile.
The entire day's walk was 12.

Joho | 05.11.18 - 10:12 a.m. | #

A lovely area - I have fond memories of early childhood holidays in Selsey. But the parts you went to are better suited to my Swallows and Amazons fantasies of messing about in boats. Nowadays, though, such games seem to require larger pockets than I have ever had access to. But if I was invited to play at sailing in UK waters, Chichester Harbour looks ideal.

I appreciated the map at the beginning of your article; nicely done and for me it brings the walk to life (though the pictures help too).

Little ferries like this are important infrastructure, which we must use or lose.

Malcolm | 05.11.18 - 10:12 a.m. | #

Lovely description and pictures, thank you.
But I'm intrigued by the Brexit-friendly boats: how do you know?

RogerB | 05.11.18 - 12:47 p.m. | #

I stayed in the old school just off to the right of your waterside photo earlier this year. The change between high and low tide both in Bosham and at the ferry is quite dramatic.

There are unexpectedly good bus services in the area (though not into Bosham village itself), probably due to the high number of retired people living there.

Andrew S | 05.11.18 - 12:52 p.m. | #

As someone who is relatively local, I have visited Chichester Harbour many times. One of my favourite walks starts from Chichester itself, goes out to Fishbourne, heads down the shoreline of the harbour as far as Chichester Marina and then returns via the Chichester Canal.

"one of those amazing coastal features your geography teacher once taught you about." Funny you should say that as East Head just so happened to be the subject of my GCSE Geography coursework! I still remember the school trip was on a windy, overcast, autumnal day. Not an especially good day to see it but we made the best of it.

X-Plaistow | 05.11.18 - 2:24 p.m. | #

You will have an entirely different experience if you visit West Wittering beach on a sunny summer weekend. 'Tarquin, Jemima, have you seen Timmy?' It's high-water mark to sea full of west London families trying to re-create 'grammable beach scenes from the 1950s.

You are probably aware of this already, but for anyone who doesn't if you carry on your walk to Selsey, makes sure you have an up-to-date OS map (or electronic equivalent). Back in 2014 I didn't and was most surprised to be taking a detour inland where there had been a deliberate breach of the shingle.

By the way, did you see any seals?

GJ | 05.11.18 - 7:28 p.m. | #











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