At Brendon Stud, Haresdean Farm, on softrack surface and grass arenas, from Thursday August 7th to Sunday August 10th. Schedule and entry form here.
Category Archives: Pyecombe
Lorry fire closed A23 at Pyecombe yesterday afternoon.
“The smoke was so thick it could be seen from Burgess Hill.” [Photo by Eddie Howland.]
South Downs Society walk
Thursday June 12th, 2014, led by Brenda Mann and Shirley Murrell. Six miles, some steep hills but taken at an easy pace. Meet at 10:30am at Newtimber Church, for coffee or tea. Walk up Wolstonbury Hill and then on to The Plough at Pyecombe for lunch, or bring a picnic lunch. Afterwards walk to Saddlescombe and return to Newtimber by 3:00pm.
Cream tea at the The White House
Pyecombe Church to Lewes Priory
The Sussex Express quotes Keith McKenna of Footprints of Sussex:
“We have found a lovely 10½-mile downland route between the two, avoiding the more obvious South Downs Way, and have arranged tea and cakes at the end and a coach to take us back to Pyecombe.”
Footprints is organising the walk in conjunction with Pyecombe Church. The local community has an ambitious project to improve facilities at the church for the many visitors who pass through the village on one of the walking trails.
The cost is £17.50 per person including the coach travel from Lewes to Pyecombe and tea and cake at the end of the walk. The walk is to start promptly at 10:00am from Pyecombe Church on 17th May. The booking form is here [PDF].
Sussex Heritage Trust Awards 2014
The competition includes, inter alia, an award from the South Downs Society for a project set within the Sussex boundaries of the South Downs National Park. The closing date for entries is Friday 11th April 2014. The awards ceremony is scheduled for Thursday 3rd July at 12:30pm in Pangdean Old Barn, Pyecombe. Click the images above for full details and an application form.
South Downs PLOD 2014
Your chance to walk from Devil’s Dyke to Beachy Head starting at midnight on 25th July for just £150.00 per five-person team (one in a car). Details here.
Reconfiguration ~ Transfiguration
Work has started on the new loo and kitchen at Pyecombe Church. The Reverend Caroline Currer comments:
The church is the only public meeting place available in the village, and is used for meetings and events such as parish council meetings. We believe the extension and its facilities will encourage the start-up of smaller local, social groups such as coffee mornings and informal meetings. In addition, the toilet facilities will encourage greater links with the many hundreds of charities and groups who organise sponsored walks, bike rides and the challenges along the South Downs Way.
