NORTH DOWNS WAY - Oxted to Westerham

Описание: Trying to shake off a persistent chest cold, I'd had enough of looking out the window pining for the trees and hills. So, I packed my rucksack with the gear I would need for any wild camping trip - whether it's Cape Wrath or Dartmoor. That was about 12kg plus a litre of water and a packed lunch. Two-and-half-hours after leaving home at the ungodly hour of 7:45am, I arrived at the North Downs Way, about a mile out of Oxted at the same spot I'd left a month earlier. The previous leg, from Merstham to Oxted, had been glorious, so my hopes were high.

This was a pretty short leg. I had hoped to walk to Otford but I had miscalculated. The stretch from Oxted to Otford is 16 miles, then there's the walk from Oxted rail station to the NDW - another mile and a half - plus a walk from home to Horsham rail station and back - another three miles. So, if I'd stuck to my original plan, I would walk twenty miles. Not on, especially with a load on my back and chesty cough.

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