This pleasant route follows the Centurion
Way along a disused railway path from
Chichester to West Dean.
The ride is flat and traffic free making it
ideal for wheelchairs.
Access to the route is not that easy but if
you are travelling by car, the best access
point is probably in Mid Lavant village,
where you can park without upsetting anyone
in the residential streets. The station
building still stands and forms part of a
very impressive centrepiece of a sheltered
housing complex. It is not that easy to
imagine the station in use though for
passengers haven’t used it in almost 75
years. It is still clearly on a railway
route though as the overbridges to the south
will testify.
By the picnic area itself were some
sculptures of the characters probably
involved in the area in times past. There
was a roman soldier, a group of workers and
a surveyor complete with theodolite. The
sculptures themselves were quite curious,
resembling torpedoes standing on end with
the nose cones at the top. I wondered
whether they were in fact scrap from the
nearby Naval Dockyard in Portsmouth.
Buddy
On the way back Gills electric wheelchair
all but packed up, so Robin had to tow her
back with his brand new scooter using a spare
bright red dog lead Karen had in her
bag.
After 5 miles or so Gaynor takes a well
earned break.
