Day 8 - Dorking West to Chilworth
The route (all links open in a new window) Start point: Nutfield South w3w: ///chose.across.laying Accompanying video Distance: 18 miles As day 8 started I could almost immediately sense it was going to be a far better day than the previous one. Within a mile I was in countryside with the promise of rolling hills stretching out in front of me. As I headed up the first of what would be many hills I stopped and took a moment to look back. It is still troubling me why yesterday had felt so... wrong. I swept the thought to one side and started to concentrate on this new day. It was due to be around 18 miles of walking and on the day of filming (17th June 2022) it was the hottest day of the year in the UK up to that point. I had 1.5lt of water with me but I expected to get through that and refill along the way. This is the beauty of hiking trails like this - you are never far from civilisation yet you can feel quite detached from society. It's the best of both worlds. I had taken a loo...