3 men on a walk 2016: The Vanguard Way into the Surrey Hills

Edenbridge to Hurst Green

We have been trying to find parts of the South East that we haven't done much walking in as some areas are "Walked Out" now. Looking at the maps there was a section of the Vanguard Way Path north of Edenbridge that was "foreign" to us and so that's what we ended up doing today. Luckily the weather was nice and sunny - a proper English summer day - so we enjoyed the walk wearing shorts for the first time this year!

We parked up at Edenbridge and took a very circuitous route SW along the Eden Valley Path until we met up with the Vanguard Way. We then turned North heading towards the North Downs with just a short detour into Crockham Hill village to take lunch at The Royal Oak.

Crockham village sits under the North Downs and so we had the steepest part of the path - the climb up the North Downs - as our after lunch stroll! It was a mighty long pull up the hill but once on the top we had a nice walk through Limpsfield Common and the Surrey woods as we followed the Greensand Way through to Hurst Green where we caught the train back to Edenbridge and the car.