Almost my final run into West Sussex

Arrived home having dropped Stella at Cocking to resume walk. I've realised this is my penultimate excursion into West Sussex as transport. From Cocking it's been a relief to get off the A27 route with its slow patches round Arundel and Worthing: the route's been through Storrington and across country past Midhurst.

Tonight and tomorrow morning she'll travel from and to Amberley by train. Tomorrow night's break at Bramber is the last before reaching Kingston and turning east from home instead of west.

Here she is as setting off this morning with the new rucksack – a great improvement, not least for the waterproof cover it's got built in. We anticipate rain!