Saturday, 21 May 2005

Walks

Windmills and Pyres

Distance: 4.31 miles
Ascent: 190 metres
Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes

The Chattri from Jack and Jill

A brief visit to Mum's this weekend gave me the opportunity to swap my weekly walk in Suffolk for one on the South Downs. Mum and I parked at Jack and Jill windmills above Clayton and walked to Chattri, the Indian War Memorial that overlooks Brighton.

[Chattri]

The bodies of the Sikh and Hindu soldiers of the Indian Army who died at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton while it was used as a hospital during the First World War were cremated on funeral pyres at this spot. It's an isolated place, and on a windy day like today the weather adds drama to its location.

I came here with Dad once. That time we walked north to the memorial from the travellers' site by the A27. I much prefer today's route though, from at the mills, past a golf course and along arable fields to the memorial. It's a fairly short walk, but a good taster of the variety of ways the people have used the Downs.

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