Walk on Ricky Moorhouse

Cheriton Circular

Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Lovely way to spend the bank holiday on a circular walk around Cheriton. The route picks up a section of the Itchen Way around Cheriton, joining it into a circular walk with paths around the surrounding fields with gorgeous views across the landscape.

We parked near the village store in the centre of Cheriton and started off along School Lane until we saw the footpath signs to head off along the path between two fields - this was initially quite enclosed and narrow, but soon we turned right onto a wider path along the edge of the field. We continued along this path until we reached Broad Lane where we headed up to where it and Hinton lane joined. We followed Hinton lane up further to Prite lane where there were lovely views across the fields and down into the town.

Gilbert White walk, Selborne

Sat, 31 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

This walk came from the In Their Footsteps app from the South Downs National Park. The app is made in conjunction with historic venues and has a series of guides for walks across the South Downs. Each of the walks has a map, a text guide and audio clips along the walk to tell you more about what you are seeing and walking through.

We headed for Selborne for an early start before the day got too hot and arrived at the car park in the village for 7:15am. The first part of the walk was a fairly steep route up through Selborne Common from the car park taking the zig-zag path that Gilbert White and his brother had cut into the hillside. At the top the route took us along the top edge of Selborne Hangar, a woodland of mostly beech trees. When there were gaps in the trees we could see through to Selborne and Gilbert White's House. Nova seemed to have a great time exploring and played in the leaves.

Allan King Way - Part 2, Ovington to Tichborne

Sun, 05 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

3.8 miles

Today's walk was only a short section of the route as it was my birthday which meant a later start and fitting in a lunch out. The next logical section (Ovington to Cheesefoot Head) would have taken us too long so instead we opted for a cicular route, planned as a figure of eight, but private roads made it more circular and a lot more road than hoped.

Allan King Way - Part 1, Kings Worthy to Ovington

Sat, 04 May 2019 00:00:00 +0000

6.8 miles

Allan King Way

Inspired by the Wildmans' Wildmen on the borders, we were encouraged to start a walking project of our own. The Allan King Way is a 45 mile path from Portchester to Winchester. As we live in Portchester and I work near Winchester it seemed an appropriate walk to set out on, although we decided we wanted to walk towards home, so made Winchester our start point.

Selsey Bill

Sat, 02 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

This Saturday we had a lovely walk along the coast at Selsey Bill with my parents. We started off heading North up towards Pagham Harbour but made it about half way there and then headed back down to the Lifeboat Inn for lunch. After lunch we headed South round the Bill. It was striking particularly on the way back how different the sea was from the calm sheltered side to the end of the point.