"There were five of us in the party, including the leader, Henriette Van Zaelen, and on leaving Oxted Station we quickly reached the point on the north side of the M25 at which we had left the Vanguard Way on the first leg from East Croydon on the 18th July. On reaching Limpsfield Chart after having walked a little over 5 miles we had a short stop at St Andrew's Church ....
"We then continued another 5 miles to our planned lunch stop at Haxted Mill, a restored water mill on a tributory of the River Eden...
"Rested and refreshed we continued south and it was not long before we arrived at the moated Starborough Castle. The route description from there was confusing but we rejoined the Vanguard Way after a detour past New Barns Farm and were soon passing Dry Hill Reservoir.
"From that point there would still have been more than 4 miles to walk to Forest Row from where we had been intending to catch a bus to East Grinstead, with its hourly train service to London. But as it was getting late and we had already walked over 15 miles we decided to leave the Vanguard Way at that point, cut out the bus journey, and head for Dormans Station, 3 miles away.
"We arrived back in London tired but glad we had done the walk.
Many Thanks Jane...
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