Distance: 18 km (
miles) Total Distance: miles
Today marked the end of all the inlets and the start of what I hoped
would be easy progress for a while. I left the car in Selsey and tried to memorise what the bus stop looked like so I knew where to get off at on the way
back.
The first part of the walk was
along promenade, and I would see a lot more of that kind of stuff over the
next year! I headed onto the pebbled
spit of land at Church Norton before it became hard work and then about turned
and started the circular walk around Pagham Harbour. The first part was populated by birdwatchers
out enjoying the fine weather. There was
a reasonably good path around until the village of Sidlesham. The last section towards Pagham meant taking
to the mud flats themselves but was only hard work in a couple of places.
As Pagham came closer the type of people changed - out
went the bird-watchers and in came the holiday makers from the nearby caravan
camps. Around the last part of the
circle and the concrete entrance to the harbour and some intrepid fishermen. At last I started to head eastwards, but my
enthusiasm was curtailed because I was forced to stay on the shingle beach for
a long period of time. This was very energy sapping and the scenery was not
all that inspiring either.
At last Bognor came into view and a proper promenade to
walk along. The end of the years walking
and a celebratory milk shake in McDonald's - I should know better before a
long bus journey - not in miles but the number of bends it goes around.
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