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South Downs Way
"The 100 mile (160 Km) long South Downs Way follows the old routes and droveways along the chalk escarpment and ridges of the South Downs."
https://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/en_GB/trails/south-downs-way/trail-information/#SolarPunkSunday #SouthDownsWay #SouthDowns #NationalTrails #Nature #Walks #UK #WildLife
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Countryside cafe in Sussex serving ‘authentic Italian food’ named among UK’s best https://www.diningandcooking.com/2536537/countryside-cafe-in-sussex-serving-authentic-italian-food-named-among-uks-best/ #AuthenticItalianRecipes #Italia #Italian #ItalianFood #ItalianRecipes #italiano #italy #LaFollia #OpenTable #Recipes #SeasonalIngredients #SouthDowns #VillageCafe
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The Living Coast is a UNESCO World Biosphere that encompasses the chalk block of the South Downs, stretching from the River Adur in the west to the River Ouse in the East, and with the city of Brighton & Hove at its heart.
https://thelivingcoastbybike.co.uk/#SolarPunkSunday #Cycling #Rivers #Bike #Coasts #LandScapes #UNESCO #TheLivingCoast #Sussex #Brighton #Hove #Biosphere #SouthDowns
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Make yourself comfortable
Benches with magnificent views at Beachy Head.
June 2011
#England #GB #UK #SilentSunday #Bench #Benches #Path #Footpath #Coast #Sea #Sky #Photography #View #Bank #Baenke #Weg #Fussweg #Kueste #See #Himmel #Fotografie #Aussicht #BeachyHead #EastSussex #SouthDowns
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Cycled along part of the Downs Link today. It was a grey day but not raining and relatively warm (12 or so degrees C). Mind you, it was quite windy (and it was a head wind, of course) along the coast.
I took the train to Brighton. From the rail station, I went down to the coast through the centre of town and then along the National Cycle Network route 2 through Hove and Portslade by Sea to Shoreham-by-Sea. There, I headed inland on NCN route 223, the **Downs Link**, to Christ's Hospital just outside Horsham where I took the train back home.
The Downs Link follows the river Adur for quite some while. The river is very wide at Shoreham-by-Sea as you can see in one of the photos attached. The whole route is quite lovely, with great views of the South Downs for the first part. It is almost entirely off-road and mostly suitable for gravel bikes (caveat: I was on a mountain bike) but probably not road bikes. Given the amount of rain we've had recently, it was unsurprisingly wet with lots of puddles but, luckily, very little actual muddy slippery bits.
The ride was 42 km. I took just over 3 hours with lots of stops for photos, charging phone which died halfway, talking to people (and their dogs), etc. Total time actually cycling was 1 hour and 40 minutes.
Highly recommended if you're in the area!
#BikeTooter #Cycling #UKCycling #WestSussex #Brighton #ShorehamBySea #ChristsHospital #Horsham #NationalCycleNetwork #NCN2 #NCN223 #DownsLink #SouthDowns
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Picturesque wine estate is a hidden gem with delicious food
A picturesque wine estate with sweeping views of the South Downs is a hidden gem. The vineyards at Artelium Wine Estate in Streat Lane, Hassocks, were first planted by fou…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine #ArteliumWineEstate #MarkCollins #PinotGris #PinotMeunier #SouthDowns #Sussexcountryside #Tastingroom #wineestate #Wineproduction
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2299701/picturesque-wine-estate-is-a-hidden-gem-with-delicious-food/ -
Picturesque wine estate is a hidden gem with delicious food https://www.diningandcooking.com/2299701/picturesque-wine-estate-is-a-hidden-gem-with-delicious-food/ #ArteliumWineEstate #MarkCollins #PinotGris #PinotMeunier #SouthDowns #SussexCountryside #TastingRoom #Wine #WineEstate #WineProduction
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We have three walks this Saturday, all welcome join us!
https://www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersuk #walking #hiking #sevensisterscliffs #southdowns #polegate #eastbourne #seaford #edenbridge -
We have four walks this Saturday. All welcome, join us.
https://www.metropolitan-walkers.org.uk
#ramblersuk #hiking #walking #surrey #kent #dulwich #sydenhamhill #crystalpalace #meopham #solestreet #lewes #seaford #southdowns #ashdownforest #thehouseonpoohcorner -
Paper by me (+ Cooper & Rott) on Tick hazard in the South Downs National Park (UK) + how to control without reducing ecosystem health. Free-to-read in @PeerJ at: https://peerj.com/articles/17483
Funders: @britishdeersoc , @BritishEcolSoc
ABSTRACT:
Background. #SouthDowns National Park (SDNP) is UK’s most visited #NationalPark, and a focus of tick-borne #Lymedisease. UK's first presumed locally acquired cases of #TBE and #babesiosis were recorded in 2019–20. The #SouthDownsNationalPark aims to conserve wildlife and encourage recreation, so interventions are needed that reduce hazard without negatively affecting ecosystem health. To be successful these require knowledge of site hazards.Methods. British Deer Society members submitted ticks removed from deer. Key potential intervention sites were selected and six 50 m2 transects drag-sampled per site (mostly twice yearly for 2 years). #Ticks were identified in-lab (sex, life stage, species), hazard measured as tick presence, density of ticks (all life stages, DOT), and density of nymphs (DON). Sites and habitat types were analysed for association with hazard. Distribution was mapped by combining our results with records from five other sources.
Results. A total of 87 Ixodes ricinus (all but one adults, 82% F) were removed from 14 deer (10 Dama dama; three Capreolus capreolus; one not recorded; tick burden, 1–35) at 12 locations (commonly woodland). Five key potential intervention sites were identified and drag-sampled 2015–16, collecting 623 ticks (238 on-transects): 53.8% nymphs, 42.5% larvae, 3.7% adults (13 M, 10 F). Ticks were present on-transects at all sites: I. ricinus at three (The Mens (TM); Queen Elizabeth Country Park (QECP); Cowdray Estate (CE)), Haemaphysalis punctata at two (Seven Sisters Country Park (SSCP); Ditchling Beacon Nature Reserve (DBNR)). TM had the highest DOT at 30/300 m2 (DON = 30/300 m2), followed by QECP 22/300 m2 (12/300 m2), CE 8/300 m2 (6/300 m2), and SSCP 1/300 m2 (1/300 m2). For I. ricinus, nymphs predominated in spring, larvae in the second half of summer and early autumn. The overall ranking of site hazard held for DON and DOT from both seasonal sampling periods. DBNR was sampled 2016 only (one adult H. punctata collected). Woodland had significantly greater hazard than downland, but ticks were present at all downland sites. I. ricinus has been identified in 33/37 of SDNPs 10 km2 grid squares, Ixodes hexagonus 10/37, H. punctata 7/37, Dermacentor reticulatus 1/37.
Conclusions. Mapping shows tick hazard broadly distributed across SDNP. I. ricinus was most common, but H. punctata’s seeming range expansion is concerning. Recommendations: management of small heavily visited high hazard plots (QECP); post-visit precaution signage (all sites); repellent impregnated clothing for deerstalkers; flock trials to control H. punctata (SSCP, DBNR). Further research at TM may contribute to knowledge on ecological dynamics underlying infection density and predator re-introduction/protection as public health interventions. #EcologicalResearch on H. punctata would aid control. SDNP Authority is ideally placed to link and champion policies to reduce hazard, whilst avoiding or reducing conflict between public health and ecosystem health.
#OneHealth #PlanetaryHealth #TickAware #DiseaseEcology #ConservationBiology #Acarology #MedicalEntomology #parasites #parasitology #lymedisease
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Mill Hill, Shoreham looking towards Chanctonbury Ring
#southDowns #SouthDownsWay #Sussex #walking #hills #landscapes -
Lovely walk yesterday up to the top of Truleigh Hill
#ShorehamBySea #Sussex #WestSussex #walking #SouthDowns #SouthDownsWay -
#ClimateDiary We visited #BirlingGap yesterday for first time in a while: the Cafe at the front is now moved to the back and the whole front of building will be demolished. Of course all this was inevitable but it is still sad to see #CoastalErosion bit by bit destroying all these iconic landscapes and landmarks around here. I always loved that cafe. #EastSussex #SouthDowns #SeaLevelRise
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For #ThickTrunkTuesday here's a spot I camped at last Autumn after a couple of days #bikepacking on the #SouthDowns
Lovely view. Neighbouring cows were gracious.
The tent is the Big Agnes Copper Spur bike pack 2 per. Yes, I took a chair 😆 !! That explains why I got so knackered on my mountain bike on the #SouthDownsWay
I always overpack but I like to sit and be comfortable
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Coastal walking along the #SouthDowns #beachyhead
