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WALKS IN HAMPSHIRE at HAYLING ISLAND (HAYLING BILLY LINE)

This is another video in my series “Walks in Hampshire” accompanied by my Whippet (Logan). In this episode I take a 4 mile “up & down” route (with a small loop at the one end) on the Western side of Hayling Island in Hampshire (just South of Havant). It is a true island (10 sq miles in area) accessible by land by just the one road bridge. After parking my car at the free car park opposite the petrol station (just as you come over the bridge), I make may way out on to the track of a disused railway line – the Hayling Billy Line. There are plenty of information boards along the route giving details of the fascinating history of the line which closed in the 1960's. I take a minor detour near the start to do a small loop around the site of the old Oyster beds which are no longer in use – although the lagoons now serve as perfect conditions for seabirds. Back on the path of the disused railway line, I head South with some magnificent views across Langstone Harbour and Portsmouth in the distance. After a “pit stop” at Greggs (the bakers) near the site of the North Hayling Stop (it was basically just a railway platform), I continue on and explore a well preserved WW2 pillbox that is ideally positioned looking out to sea. I was filming in mid September and as it was turning out to be a fairly hot day, even though I had plenty of water for both myself & Logan, I decided not to complete the last 2.5KM of the path (which would have taken me to the South beach) and headed back to the start. Dogs are allowed on the beach and so Logan took full advantage by enjoying a dip in the sea on the way back. A very scenic walk on a well made & solid path with lots of interesting things to see including a variety of seabirds. Once again I was lucky with the weather as the sun was out, with no clouds in the sky, brining a deep blue colour to the sea. NB The sculptures seen in the video (the Oyster and the Little Tern) are numbers 16 & 17 of 20 sculptures along the 50 mile long distance Shipwrights Way path that runs from Alice Holt Forest to Portsmouth. They were carved by Richard Perry from creamy Portland stone. Information Sources: Wikipedia, Historic England & British History Online. Map courtesy of Google Maps. Aerial pictures courtesy of Google Maps. Music from the Youtube Audio library. Historic Maps NLS Maps 'Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland'  https://maps.nls.uk/index.html For further videos in the series, please go to:    / @daveford   My Facebook page is:   / davescountrysidewalks   I use a GOPRO HERO 7 Black Action Camera (sometimes with a Gimbal) & a Rode microphone together with a Canon Powershot SX530 HS.