A belter of a day but that wind is a little... lively 🥶

We've not posted for a while because, you know, life. But what an absolute stunner of a morning 🍂

Autumn used to make me sad but I have come to love its melancholy beauty. May we all find such happiness on a misty morning.

A glimpse of the downs from the Ashdown Forest tonight

Happy Autumn Equinox, friends 🍂

If you're out and about today, go well. I'm stuck at my desk and wishing I was here.

Firle is busy for a school night 🌗

Firle Beacon waiting for the moon 🌝

We’re up a hill

Welcome to the weekend 🧡 I hope you find the sun and a secluded spot to some spend time with the barrows and blossoms.

The calm before the storm

Another glorious day for those who are a-wandering.

I love this late-summer feel. Hope, nostalgia, a sense of time passing and the need to make the most of every moment 💚

How was your weekend? We took an evening stroll on the downs, spotted some orchids, a red kite and a hare, and sat down with some baby grasshoppers for a picnic. 10/10

We love a tapsel gate into a churchyard. Unique to Sussex, and there are just a handful, they allow a coffin to be passed over the top.

There comes a time in your life when you really start to appreciate a motte and bailey castle. Have you reached it yet? This stunner is between Truleigh Hill and Devil's Dyke.

Happy Beltane, friends May this surge of energy from the earth put a spring in your step 💚

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One of the hidden gems of the downs ... the Chattri Memorial 💙

Morning all, how was your long weekend?

Is there anything more April than gorgeous blossoms against moody skies?

The tunnel at Clayton is a sight to behold. They don't make 'em like that any more.

It's the most wonderful time of the year 🎶

Sunrise at Devil's Dyke 🧡

Outside Ditching is this curiosity... Jacob's Post. It marks the spot where a pedlar was hanged in 1734 after stealing a coat from the landlord of an inn, then slashing his throat before fleeing. Sadly, the Royal Oak closed in 2009 but the post and the story live on. #DarkSussex

Morning 👋💙

Hello 👋

A frosty Cuckmere

💙 frosty mornings

High and Over... surely one of the best named parts of the downs.

If you're in need of a last-minute gift for a lover of the downs, might we suggest our rather gorgeous book? Stunning imagery, lots of fantastical stories, and a reminder that its treasures are revealed when you go slow. www.lovethesouthdowns.org.uk

A very helpful sign.

There are two things that stay with you almost wherever you go along the South Downs Way ... the sound of skylarks above and Old Man's Beard, also know as Traveller's Joy. (I still can't decide which name I prefer.)

When the dew ponds ice over, winter has arrived ❄️

Mood

Autumn's colours 🍂🍃

'Twas a frosty one ❄️

On a cold November day not so long ago, we found this extraordinary creature fast asleep on a tree on Beacon Hill. Shhh. Don't wake him. Let him slumber.

Sunset on Old Winchester Hill, the original planned site of Winchester, if you like to believe such legends. Which we do.

This is our first post on Bluesky celebrating the beauty of the South Downs. Anyone here? Come and say hello 💙