South Downs, Amberley

May 2026

 On Wednesday we constructed our various breakfasts in the spacious kitchen and headed out into the South Downs National Park.

Today we walked from North Stoke to Amberley by way of St Mary The Virgin, North Stoke, which was certainly worth a visit for its medieval wall paintings.

... in delightful, if rather windy, weather. 

For lunch we ate at the Amberley Bridge Inn, where the car park was scintillating with highly polished and powerful motor bikes, mainly of the Harley Davidson style.

In the afternoon we found the Amberley Working Museum, which was excellent, like a smaller version of the Beamish Museum in County Durham. Here were old household utensils, a print works, steam engines, leather and wood working sheds and a working smithy. We took a narrow gauge train to the far end and caught a coach coming back even though it was all easily walkable. Recommended!

John alights from the narrow gauge shunter

After tea and rest hour back at Nutbourne we returned to The Sportsman at Amberley for supper.