Part of our walk from Alfriston to Charleston was on the old coaching road from Seaford to Lewes. Both of these pictures are of the road. It was perhaps 8 feet wide most of the way, with huge ruts and thorny bushes on either side. It really takes the romance out of imagining riding in a coach. Even the most luxurious and well-sprung coach would have been incredibly uncomfortable on this terrain. Easy to see how a highwayman could have stopped one. Also easy to see how difficult it would have been to overtake or even pass by in the opposite direction.
BTW - What looks like a snowy field, is actually a recently tilled field filled with chalk.
1 comment:
It is slightly possible that it has not been maintained in some time, accounting for at least SOME of the roughness of the road.
DaBris
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