Today’s intelligence test was how to obtain a ticket from the now functioning machine in the NT car park at Harting Down. Displaying one’s NT sticker on the windscreen used to be sufficient but now the NT wants members to carry their cards and have them scanned by the new machines.
The first person to try the machine followed the instructions carefully but was unsuccessful. He gave up after four attempts. The second person tried her card and, on the second attempt, received a ticket. Others were also successful. Several tried the first card but to no avail.
There were seventeen on the nine mile walk. It was another sunny day but less hot than of late. We walked west on the South Downs Way, turned south and headed for Compton on footpaths and bridleways. There were great views; on several occasions we could see the sea and the Isle of Wight.
After lunch in Compton we headed east past the church and up a steep hill, turned north, passed Bevis’s Thumb, crossed the B2141 and returned on a grassy track to the car park.
Map: OS X OL8 (was 120)
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