Petersfield to Liphook - Hampshire's delights

SUMMARY (all info is approximate!)
Distance: 21km (13 miles)
Duration: 6-7 hours walking
Grade: Moderate

HIGHLIGHTS

• great views from Shoulder of Mutton Hill
• forests coming into bloom
• bluebells, spring flowers
• forlorn paths
• weird and wonderful moreland on Longmore Common
• Sussex Border Path & budding rhododendrons,
• country pubs for refreshments.

We'll start our walk in Petersfield and head north to follow part of the 34 km (21 mile) Hangers Way - a long distance path less travelled within an area of outstanding natural beauty.

The countryside around here is unspoilt and forlorn, and we'll meet only a few locals out for a walk with their dogs. In our first hour, we will be rewarded with fantastic views from Shoulder of Mutton Hill as we continue through forested slopes and over open fields towards Liss and then onto Liphook via a nice lunchtime pub stop (for drinks only).

After Liss, we will walk down Shipwrights Way to Longmore and Weavers Down, an army managed access land which is eerily remote and wild with a range of different flora, shrubs and trees. We will then walk on the Sussex Border Path and continue to Liphook, where we will reward ourselves with a pub stop.

This will be English countryside in its quintessential beauty and at its best – with budding wild flowers and maybe some wild rhododendrons - as well experiencing Longmore Common which feels like walking over Scottish moreland.

COST AND LOGISTICS
Cost: £10
Start: 8.35 Meet for a group save ticket
Meet: 8:45 for those who buy their own tickets & walk to train
Finish: 5.30/6pm for an optional pub visit.

Recommended morning train from London
Dep: 09:00 London Waterloo
Arr: 10.05 Petersfield
Return trains: 18.20, 19.20

Recommended train ticket
Off-Peak Day Return to Petersfield
· £25.75 group save/ network rail price
Recommended: Buy a yearly Network Railcard for reduced train prices
www.network-railcard.co.uk

Meeting Point:
Waterloo Station - In front of Information Desk by the big Pret

REVIEWS
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PRICE INCLUDES
· Guided hike planned and led by an experienced AAA leader, trained in Outdoor First Aid.

PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE
· Travel costs
· Lunch, drinks or any refreshments
· PayPal fees

RECOMMENDED KIT LIST (complete list)
· Suitable hiking shoes or boots
· Packed lunch and snacks
· Water - 2 litres recommended
· Waterproof jacket and trousers (Please no jeans!)
· Warm windproof layer e.g. Down/Primaloft/Fleece
· Wicking base layer e.g. Polyester/Tencel/Merino

CANCELLING/REFUNDS
If you can no longer join the hike, please message the Host listed on here, and update your RSVP status to 'Not going', to allow others to take your place. If the hike is full, and you have messaged us and have changed your RSVP to 'Not going', we will refund you, less than the PayPal/Meetup fees. To obtain this, please email info@aaalondongroup.com after the event, with the email address you use on your PayPal account and transaction reference. If the hike is not full, unfortunately we will not be able to provide any refund.

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