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Centurion Way Railway Path
Doctor Beeching may be a name that is often mentioned through gritted teeth by those with long memories but because of his work and the closures we are left with not only some wonderful heritage steam railways but many beautiful walks along what remains of the old lines
Our local walk takes us from Chichester to Lavant joining at Bishop Luffa School, or if you want a longer walk or cycle, from Fishbourne Roman Palace.
It is part of the old Chichester to Midhurst line opened in 1881. The walk is on a tarmac line which is great for cyclists and dog users. There are many beauty spots on the way including Brandy Hole Copse and the 5 mile return walk is made more interesting by the fascinating sculptures of roman soldiers made from scrap and old gas bottles!
The Good Old Days
Members of The Old Gits Club don't feel that everything from 'the good old days' was good - nobody wants raw sewage pouring into the sea or the polio that tragically often followed!
It's just that our memories are often of good days, the behemoth steam train that used to take us on holiday to Hayling Island, the caravan near the quay where we would dangle bacon rind on a string over the side and catch crabs, the trip to the funfair, eating chips out of yesterdays newspaper, dad giving us a bag of pennies for the amusement arcade that he had saved all year, and the taste of Mr.Whippy ice cream.
Caravan parks then were certainly different - to wash and use the toilet you had to walk across the field to the block. To shower you would stand in icy water from the last person and invariably your towel got wet before you used it.At night if you wanted the loo mum would have to take a torch but us males just went outside the van!
Caravans today have everything but in many ways they are still the same - the rain on the roof still is deafening, and the seagulls still wear hobnail boots as they walk along it!
Some things don't change - when we went out for a walk you had to avoid the piles of dog poo just as today, but one thing still puzzles me. Why were the piles always white?
