 The South Downsway is a long-distance footpath and bridleway running along the South Downs in Southern England. The trail runs a hundred miles from Winchester in Hampshire to Eastbourne in East Sussex. Join me as I navigate the chalk bridleways and rolling hills of the South, check out some of the greatest sunsets and sunrises I've seen to date and interact with some wonderful people along the way. Welcome to day two on the South Downsway. Jobs are good and legs feel fresh. I'm going to put a couple of miles in and then I'm going to put some, then have a drink and stuff. Here we go, another glorious day. Sun shining, middle of eight wave. Crack out. I've stopped in that cafe for some avocado and egg on toast. Carrot cake and a coffee, if you're wondering. And we're back, back on trail, sun in my face, walking past some of these massive houses. Look at that. On these hikes, I often use them as a time to think about stuff, obviously, because you spend a lot of time on your own brain. So I spend a lot of time like packaging stuff in my brain, if that makes any sense, like going over situations, like filing, it's like refiling stuff in my brain. Sometimes I might get a bit melancholy or I might go down a path that's got a chew over some stuff in my brain and it sort of puts me on a bit of a, I just want to be in myself and focus on it and hike, which doesn't necessarily mean it's good for vlogging the hike itself. Because when I'm like that, I don't really feel like talking to you like that. Honestly, yeah, just feel like talking to myself inside me, nodding. But then I'm like, oh, well, I can't just do that. I can't just think about stuff and then not, you know, film dead animals on the floor or gates, whatever. But I'll get what I can today. I feel like, you know, it is a journey and it's one of them ups and downs. Got a lot of stuff coming up. Some right decisions so that I can go in the right direction with my life. And that sometimes takes time. I'm aware that this is waffling. It's a second day of this heatwave, so you can't do me for it, mate. You can't do me for anything. Because it's heatwave, heatwave, heatwave hazy. I can't be done for anything. Disclaimer, heatwave hazy. If it's boring, if it's not funny, if it's too extreme, heatwave hazy did it. It's fine. Gunshot there. So, I'll bring you up to there. I mean, look at this, look at this, for example. Look how good this is. So, chamfer it down into there, into there. Nice. I enjoy that. I enjoy stuff like that. So, I'll still bring you stuff like that. It's just, you know, it's just got serious head on a little bit of serious thoughts in head. So, I don't feel like goofing around on here. But we're strictly business anyway today. I'm fancying just beasting myself and doing over 30 miles today. Because I didn't get as far as I wanted to yesterday for one reason or another. Pre-occupied with stuff. And it was hot and I didn't want to overdo it. So, I don't know how long the fire did. Maybe 18, 19 miles, something. Maybe. But today we're just going to smash it, I think. That's my plan. Cut to me, crying in a heap covered in sweat. It's a different height and each one of these national trails will be very different and have its own personality. And this one's really good because it's sort of, it takes me through lots of little hamlets and little villages and I get to, like, ogle at people's houses, which is one of the things I like to do. It's one of the things that, you know, one of the things about me is I like to look at houses. Roads and gardens and stuff like that. Right, south-downs with this way, is it? Yes. And there's a lot of flat stuff. There's quite a little bit of, like, country lane. So you can really get, you know, get some miles under your feet. Head down arse up and all that. Goal sheet, man. They've got a right idea. Look, they're all knackered. I know what you feel, lads. I know what you feel. Prime real estate, bit of shade. Get yourself in there. Look at this lad here, look. Just smashed. They're all just smashed in from heat out there. Look at lollipop head on. You've got to have lollipop head on though. It's just giving me a bit of, keeps that sun out of smashing my eyes in. Mad dogs and Englishmen. Shape couldn't handle it. All animals are just, like, screwing for shade. I'm out here trying to do 30 miles. I know my limits though but water, on this particular hike, there's a lot, there's a lot of water stops. My bottles are always full. So, I had too fussed. I'm not too fussed about bonking out or drying up like a little shriveled pork scratch in and out. And this is the views. It's just pleasant, you know. That's the word I'll use for it. Pleasant. England's not so green and pleasant lands. As you can see everything's, this would usually be green but because of the heat wave, and there's not been much rainfall, it's all sort of cacked itself. Britain's yellow and pleasant lands. Been this for a while. I can't get me, I can't be like excited about what's next because I just don't know. So, I'm just sort of taking it all in as it comes. On the Cleveland Way, I'd be like, Rana, there's this view coming up or I'm going to get to the sea soon, because I knew it. But here, it's just the unknown. Middle of the road. Fuck, how come? Still doing it. Still doing walk-by's though, Rana. Deep. Deep in thought, still doing walk-by's. Crossed that busy road, under the tunnel, and then, we've got some decent uphill but we're in the shade of this woodland and I'm off for it. Before I was like, I don't need some cream, it's fine. And I didn't use any up Cleveland Way and it was kind of alright but I've got a little thing of factor 30 just back at neck and my legs. Because I was feeling it a little bit, they were getting a bit scorchy. Yeah. I suppose to put them on, you're supposed to put it on your toes as well, aren't you? So they don't go cranked. So, I know Mr. Butler, oh, yeah. I know Mr. Butler won't be happy if I was just subjecting his artwork to raw sunshine. Sunshine. This woodland is beautiful. The trees are so tall. Look. Look at that. I feel better now. I feel great in fact. I've been going a good few hours but this morning, I just want feeling like talking to you. When I say you, I just mean this camera. And you. I feel like I do talk to you a lot but I wasn't feeling you this morning. I just wanted to do my own thing and just I mean, you don't even need to know this, do you? But it's nice to share everything just because there might be other people who feel like this. But I just couldn't be janked to talk to anyone or put on a happy face or do stuff that's... I just didn't want to do anything other than just be in my own mind and in my own thoughts and just think about things instead of having to be like, ah, here we are. Couple of hours. Home norm. Packaged a few things around into nogging. Filed it all away nicely. And we're good. We're back. We're back. Sun cream all over. Legs aren't back at neck. And it's luscious. Luscious. I thought a beach. Is it beach? Beach woodland. So there's a fair old climb up out of here. But I feel like I've had it all my own way. It's been all sort of... There's been no great elevations or anything. It's all the pathways just very well troddening. Very easy hiking. Good hiking. No excuse not to get some good miles in today. And that's what I'm going to do. I'll tell you what there's not a lot of on the South Downsways. Medics. I've not seen... There's not been so many animals in need of a medic. I don't know why, maybe it's just up north they're just all of it show out there. They're just like... Tapping out left, right and centre. Down there they're a bit more reserved. Probably just go away somewhere nice and private and die. So they're just like... Here we are. Look at all these little shelters look. Just in. In there. He's been busy, hasn't he? There he is, look. Still going through this wood. I'm loving it, it's giving me life. It's just a little change of scenery. There's always stuff to look at when you're in a woodland. Have I gone the wrong way? It seems to be taking me down the other side. Not too far down. Come on. Preserve yourself. Bad. Hampshire down sheep like the one grazed the hillside. Get on here and have a look over there. Tempest 1. The heat has really ramped up now. So... Feel the old skin tingling and the bulb fizzing a little bit. Locked off. But we're good. Doing good progress. I've not even deployed my sticks. They just don't seem to I'm sure I will in the next few days. But... Because it's so kind of level I feel like I don't need them. Medic! Sorry, I'm getting a bit desperate. Come on, I'm not in the mood for this. Lift it up. Shoulder work. Shouldn't have to put that shoulder work in. Nice. 15 paces max. Ranking it on back at neck. That's better. Took the old pork scratchings into the top of there to stop them getting flame grilled. I can't do that. That hurts. Get them out. Get them out. Quite blinding this stuff when you're walking on it with sun. But I'm looking over there and it looks like it's going up top of that hill. With sun up back. That's going to test the old legs. Another trick point. So this is the real first sort of I feel like testing terrain. It's up and down, up and down. I can see the path. Sort of undulating up and down there. And I know that thing's pretty hot but it's nice. Feels nice to have a little bit of ups and downs. Not too much though but it's nice to get a bit of a sweat on. Look at this. All these little poppies. And this look. Memorium Joseph 151940 It's tucked away in there. Look. Fair do's. Fair do's. I've deployed the old walking pulley. Don't think about else to say about them. It's hot mate. It's really hot. Sailed over 30 degrees now it's like 30 odd. Keep getting a little bit of shade from some trees but it's mainly just out in it. So I've deployed these because we've had some ups and downs. So I'm just trying to take a bit of pressure off legs because trying to do a big couple of days there's not a cloud in the sky so there's no respite from it. So I'm just drinking plenty of water I'm going to stop and redo my sun cream soon. Not much to report mate. I'm just sort of head down crunching the miles out as much as I can. The tap of joy. Can't look can you. I've got now tank for this stuff like that looks good as well. Sorry. Not bad but you know it's a tough gig when the CEO of Latch and Locks can't even muster the strength to talk you through. Summit as good as that. I'm warm. Warm as. Been hiking now for roughly 8 hours and I'm going to do another 4 hours that's 12 hours and then just see where I'm at at 12 hours and then look for somewhere to get me head down. I'm airing feet out man. I've come in here under this beach tree just to get a bit of respite from sun airing my feet out a little bit. Only 10 minutes, 15 minutes and then I'll bat on again. But I'll tell you what getting shoes off of that ah. Joy. I'll get blistered. You mind. This is nice. Nice wild meadow. Someone's cut the grass around these trees which makes them look makes it all look very nice. Also a good place to pitch as well. Still the same gear. It's been nice for a long time. Not seeing a single soul which is good. Solitude 10 out of 10. I'm just poutling along at my own pace in my own thoughts. I've not been doing much filming and chatting because when it's all pretty same here there's no point like jumping on and showing you the same stuff. I'm just jumping on now to tell you that. I don't know why. Jumping on to tell you that there's no point jumping on to tell you the same stuff. My band has gone down to we're on low. We're running on fumes actually. All day, all day the chat has been a little bit under part today. Not being feeling chitter chatter. What time is it? It's coming up to maybe 6 o'clock now. So we've done 10 hours and I still feel okay. 10 hours it's so hot though. The only problem is it's just sapping me. I'm burning. So yeah, I've got to be aware of that. Once the sun starts to lower its sky which it doesn't look like it's doing man. It's like it's on one today. It's hard to sun. But I'm aware that I don't want to break myself for the rest of the hike. So what is it? 6, 7, 8, 9. I'm going to put another 3 hours cap on it. 3 hours lollipop lady cap on it. And we'll see where I'm at around the 3 hour mark. I don't know what to expect. Do you know I kind of feel like I want a pub. I would love a pub actually. I'd love a pint. I'd also take one of my camping meals and a light down. I'd have to pitch in the shade though because everywhere is just wire room. Look at this. Gloria. You can't see on this camera but there's all the wind farms out at sea. I wonder what that is then. That's my first sight of the big blue. That gives me a springing step. Beautiful. Looks like that sun's going to finally poke its head back down over that hill within the next couple of minutes. And although it's a lovely little sight I can't say it'll be missed. She's been a cruel mistress today, that sun. But we've done a lot of work and we've done over 30 miles. We've done with 32, 33 miles today. I'm going to do maybe another one or two just to get over this hill and horse flies man. Probably not going to f off. Probably not going to set the tent up just sleeping bag and bugging it over my noggin and that'll do me. I won't take much rocking tonight but I am hungry. I am hungry. I'm going to have some to eat. I have one of my freeze dried meals and hit the hay. But I've got to find somewhere to kip first because the problem is it's all flint. It's sharp stone. So I don't want to pop my air bed or my kidney. So I'll crack on and try and find somewhere to bed down for tonight. I'm going to be it. There's a road just there which is quite loud but I'm tired. I don't want to get to the road and then not be able to find anything on the other side of it. It's just these motorbike dudes who are going well quick but they'll chill out. It's half eight. Everyone will chill out. The path's just on the other side of this. There's the path but I reckon if I just look at it I'm just pushed to sleep by the sounds of midlife crisis is going by on two wheels. I might not even blow my air bed up because there's a lot of ouch a lot of this gear. Out mate. Which is flint which is going to pop my air bed if I see that. Well you wouldn't have seen me if I was down it dig because you wouldn't have seen me. But yeah this it's all over here and that's what they used to make tools like cutting tools so it's so sharp it'll just sever me what's he doing look he's going through that wood I was going to camp in there that's a lucky one wasn't it? Is he going in? He is. He's gone in woods that would have been a nightmare because I was just about to keep on that pathway woods. Well that's a good news. So yeah very sharp I found it bare feet probably can't even get me sleep I might even get me sleeping bag oh come on there must be some it all grounds like this anyway look they're growing their crops on it down here God knows how they get nutrients out of it man just all just all that flint stern right I'll cook some food. Voila Bed Bedroom for tonight talk you through it whatever that is Trekology pillow I'm just using this thin little thing here because I don't care if it rips I'm going to have a little go underneath and try and move all the sharpest of stones that's going to actually wreck my back in it might deploy air bed might not like it's light on top of this which is the Rab Neutrino what are you it's the 400 yeah it's the Rab Neutrino 400 sleeping bag that should be plenty enough and there's my views not bad I've earned this kip that's for sure so so excited to have this mate spaghetti Bolognese I can't put you anywhere because you'll just fall over onto these stones and wreck yourself you promise not to fall over I'll try and get you down there that's not going to work is it mate you're not happy there are you come on it's not the best it's not the worst it's all we've got all we've got is each other lads right noggs well into it what's point mate I'm going to stick this one out what else to do focus focus on that spag ball you even come on spaggers right I tell you what I'm not eating this until it's focused on that focus on the spaghetti there we go look anyway is that worth it or what look at that come on I know it's getting dark it's because it is getting dark it struggles we did it we did it plenty of miles in moon it's full moon I'm going to love this I might get a time lapse going it was tough going today there was a lot of repetitive like samey sort of grounds a few deer down there that's quite sick I'm just sidetracked by this moon I can see it there look see that ye old full moon 98% I reckon it'll be about we bang on tomorrow but that's as full as it's going to get look at it rising man it's orange I've got to go anyway because I want to eat this and I want to film that moon I think if I can great moon but yeah cheers to a good day's hiking that's the moon isn't she bonny lovely stuff the skies are doing something out of the look at it I'm going to right treat while I have my tea it's getting dark last at night now get a moon man can I look at that from me from me pit I'm just going to watch that from pit I guess thanks very much mother nature making up for all blasting with sun today ain't she right map time right map time from the future but first watch this there you go so Fern dropped me back off here where I finished and we were off this was a big day mate it was so hot and I put some miles in all across here it's quite nice actually and I think the sustainability centre is where I stopped and had some breakfast cracked on some lovely houses around here over these tops again lovely views down through this tunnel and into these woods which was a lovely little change of scenery afforded me a little bit of shelter and I came up through here over the tops it was quite same so I didn't do much filming although the video probably says differently as I was just waffling nonsense so along here some nice views down here mate to be honest and I'm really sorry about this but I'm really naffing up map time because I can't remember it was so long ago mate I can't remember down here I came down here loud here putting a shift in putting a shift in but we're down here to cooking that's where I got some water and I just wet my cap and put it back on that was nice if I'm honest where did I even alright so I really did put a shift in is it possibly there the skies were amazing the sunset and the moon rise was fantastic I think I'm going to say that this is the road with all the bikes on right so the truth is I don't really know where I am because it's been so long and I didn't have this map with me so I don't actually know yep so that's that's map time guys sorry about that but I've got to meet me robbing and I'm sorry about that so I'm somewhere on here I'll do better next time I promise I will I though because I don't have a clue where I am alright sorry so that's map time I don't really know what I'm doing with map time so let's go back to the past I hope I've done map time there from the future right I'm off consider subscribing if you're not already and click the bell notification if you want to be notified of the next upload which will be the next episode of this I think and thanks for watching take care of this end