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Very fond of Devils Dyke. It's the antidote to the hustle and bustle of busy urban Brighton.

Petras409 | 30.08.23 - 7:53 a.m. | #

You could have finished your journey by continuing a little further to Ditchling Beacon and getting the bus from there back to Brighton but that is an extra bus fare.

One of my favourite journeys is to get the bus from Brighton station to Ditchling Beacon. It is a dramatic ride. I imagine it is less exciting doing the return trip. From Ditchling Beacon one can walk to Devils Dyke and catch the other bus you mentioned back to Brighton.

I think Ditchling Beacon to Devils Dyke is one of the best bits of the South Downs Way. The Seven Sisters is obviously better.

Pedantic of Purley | 30.08.23 - 8:00 a.m. | #

I completed the (pre-1972) South Downs way in 72hrs last week and can confirm that this is a lovely part of the world. I'd always written off the south-east as a bit pants for whatever I consider "proper" walking to be (Lake District 4eva) but the SD way was a revelation. Everyone knows the Seven Sisters bit is great, but the rest is not to be sniffed at.

Gunnersaurus | 30.08.23 - 8:13 a.m. | #

Is the Number 77 bus not covered by the current £2 fare cap?

SamB | 30.08.23 - 8:15 a.m. | #

A further walk toward Ditchling would have taken you to the Jack and Jill Windmills and then to the Chattri. Unless of course you’ve already been.
Perhaps another time, after all that’s was quite a walk you did already.

Terry | 30.08.23 - 8:18 a.m. | #

A smashing report of a good day out. Another place added to my list of places to walk.

A 77 bus round-trip could (currently) be completed for £4 by buying single tickets.

Frank F | 30.08.23 - 8:19 a.m. | #

Ahh yes you went last year. I should have checked.

Terry | 30.08.23 - 8:20 a.m. | #

Fare tables on the Brighton & Hove Buses website (and on Summer 2023 timetables at bus stops) clearly state that the 77 fare is £3.40 single, £5.40 return.

If the fare cap applies (which it probably does) they've made a special effort not to mention it.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 30.08.23 - 8:33 a.m. | #

The £2 single fare price cap does apply to the 77. It's pretty awful that so many bus companies don't promote it, or have out of date information. A good way to find out for yourself is to check with the DfT (in this case, under Brighton & Hove here.

Mags | 30.08.23 - 8:41 a.m. | #

They do hifhlight it.. appropriately on the fares page

Frank F | 30.08.23 - 8:45 a.m. | #

Yes they highlight the fares cap on the website, but none of the 77 fare collateral confirms it applies.

I apologise for believing fare tables online and the bus timetable I saw halfway up a hill. I have deleted all mention of bus fares from the post.

diamond geezer | Homepage | 30.08.23 - 8:53 a.m. | #

Agree totally with "very pretty". Used to walk from school to Danny hill near Jack and Jill every Ascension Day. Last time I was there they were in need of a bit of TLC. The Dyke was always pleasant afternoon visit, usually very blustery.

scrumpy | 30.08.23 - 8:55 a.m. | #

I love Saddlescombe Farm café and always make a point of stopping for cake if I'm walking or cycling in the area.

R.E. the Aldrington branch line: here's an excellent series of blogposts on the subject. Group of locals plus kids on bikes attempt to follow the route through suburbia. Very DG!

David F | 30.08.23 - 9:02 a.m. | #

Sorry, another teal-coloured bus post:

I did the Seven Sisters on BH Monday and was amazed how cheap the bus fare was, at just £2. Of course I'd completely forgotten about the fare cap. But clearly my driver was on the ball.

David F | 30.08.23 - 9:06 a.m. | #

If only Brighton & Hove Buses had stuck to their traditional red and cream livery.

ap | 30.08.23 - 9:19 a.m. | #

Re: the cable car. "It linked nowhere to nowhere except for the sheer hell of it, which sounds familiar"

Brilliant.This is why I read this blog.

MO | 30.08.23 - 9:27 a.m. | #

I think that technically the first cablecar in the UK (and indeed all of Europe!) was the one which used run people from Archway up to Highgate. That opened 3 years before this one.

Matthew | 30.08.23 - 9:32 a.m. | #

This sounds delightful. I'm sorry now I hadn't heard of it when I was living in London all those years ago.

BWB | 30.08.23 - 11:08 a.m. | #

The Archway installation was what Americans would call a cable car, but the rest of the world call a cable-hauled tram. It was arguably the first such tramway, although cable haulage on railways had been used for many years before that. Funiculars are one example of cable haulage.

timbo | 30.08.23 - 12:47 p.m. | #

Never heard of it, but then the south coast is unfamiliar to me.
Sounds fun - duly filed away for future reference.

Cornish Cockney | 30.08.23 - 3:49 p.m. | #

The Devil’s Dyke? Fulking Hell.

Rich G | Homepage | 30.08.23 - 9:42 p.m. | #











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