Round England Walk: Rowlands Castle to Portsmouth

The route, shown by the dotted blue line

Rosie returned to the village of Rowlands Castle by train, to continue her yomp around England. Her usual system up to now, has been to travel to the start of each section by train, and return home from the nearest station to her destination for the day. This day, she had treated herself to a First Class train ticket. On entering the First Class compartment at the end of the day, after a 10 mile hike in warm weather wearing hiking gear, knapsack, and carrying walking poles, she must have looked particularly dishevelled, such that the train conductor looked at her a bit askance and said "You are aware this is a First Class compartment?" Ouch. Rosie felt a bit "dissed" by the perceived discrimination. Why would it be assumed she was someone without a valid ticket?

Rowlands Castle is a very picturesque village

Chlorophyll and quiet! Very therapeutic!

There were even some sculptures in the woodland along the way. Rosie likes imposing works of art such as these!

Approaching Portsmouth

The route took Rosie across a bridge over the A3(M) on her round England pilgrimage. Sadly it seems others come here for other reasons. May they have found peace.

The current status of Rosie's progress in her "England my Lionheart" walking quest. Rather a lot still to do! But every journey starts with a single step.