The Amberley House Cottage Holidays Blog for Sussex and the South Downs
Welcome to our blog. It is designed to give you an insight into what we do and a little about daily life here in Sussex.We also want to provide you with useful information as it happens so hopefully it will be topical and timely. Whether you are a second homeowner or looking to come and visit we hope it will be of interest
Posted Feb 3, 2012 by: Andrew Gardner
We're enjoying a winter cold snap here in Sussex with beautiful crisp clear days, in my view that's what winter is all about and it's pleasing to avoid all the snow that blighted us last winter!. Our winter booking activity has been far more active with many guests enjoying short breaks away in Sussex even at this coldest time. I read an article in the Independent recently on the best winter walks. We have long held the view that getting on to the Sussex chalk downland whether walking the South Downs Way or enjoying the myriad of paths and bridleways that cross Englands latest National Park is a wonderful way to enjoy the winter air and our stunning scenery when it's at its bleakest time.Read more
Posted Jan 17, 2012 by: Andrew Gardner
The legend of Devil's Dyke on the top of the South Downs above Brighton is far more romantic than the down-to-earth explanation offered by geologists: that Britain's largest dry valley was formed during the last Ice Age by the ebb and flow of ice over its chalk landscape. Ancient parisoners took it as gospel that the valley was the Devil's work, carved out of the land by the Devil himself so the sea would flood the Weald and drown all its God-worshippers. Man has lived on this landscape for 5,000 years, building farmsteads in the Bronze Age and hillforts in the Iron Age to defend against invaders and farming corn and grazing sheep at Devil's Dyke in the Middle Ages.Read more
Posted Jan 7, 2012 by: Andrew Gardner
The Chichester Harbour Conservancy and the RSPB at Pulborough Brooks are offering a series of weekends this month to meet some of our neighbours! In January we see the arrival of thousands of migrating birds [...]Read more
