Another lovely day (who needs to go abroad), so we used the car to climb up to a car park at the top of the South Downs, and went for a walk. Initially the path was a bit scrappy, but Rocco didn’t care:

Then the land opened out, with the sea visible in the distance:

It was quite hot, so we (in retrospect foolishly) took a shortcut on a footpath. The first stile has a good dog size gap in it, but my heart sank with the 2nd stile. Luckily, it was quite low so Rocco just jumped over it – maybe there is hope getting him across Kentish stiles now!

He is well camouflaged in the crop:

The path then followed through a wood. Oh good, we thought, some shade. But the path was very overgrown with brambles and nettles, so ended up being a bit of a challenge. We were glad to escape back on to fields:

This is a field of maize – Rocco is somewhere ahead!

We had to cross a road by a farm. Simultaneously, hundreds of sheep appeared, so we had to wait for them to pass before continuing. Rocco looked bemused (better than wanting to chase them, I suppose):

From there it was a steady climb back to the car:

4.5 miles in total, though with the heat, felt a lot longer!