by Malinka van der Gaauw | Nov 26, 2025 | Nature & Conservation
Goodwood is famous for its festivals, racing and award-winning organic farm. Visitors flock to its events and admire the sweep of its parkland. Yet few people ever step behind the scenes to see how the estate manages its 800 hectares of woodland. A recent walk with... 
by Malinka van der Gaauw | Mar 13, 2024 | General, Nature & Conservation
Kipling, Blake, and Woolf all helped the Eastern Downs become known as the fairest and most famous landscape of Southern England. However, not everyone shared this view. Others complained about their bare, nakedness, and compared them to “the limbs and shoulders of... 
by Malinka van der Gaauw | May 21, 2024 | Nature & Conservation, Walk & Talk
Have you recently returned from a walking holiday or have one planned? If so, be sure to give your boots a good wash both before and after your trip. Wash? Yes, you read that correctly. While a wipe over with a cloth and dab of Nikwax might protect your boots from... 
by Malinka van der Gaauw | Jan 17, 2024 | Nature & Conservation
The rolling, open, hills and large skies of the South Downs calm and captivate the senses. The gentle chalk landscape and images of a bucolic way of rural life, seems the very essence of Englishness. Little wonder the Downs were the backdrop of the war-time poster... 
by Malinka van der Gaauw | Jul 17, 2024 | Nature & Conservation
The South Downs Way is often described as one of the UK’s most beautiful long-distance paths. Its charm coming from the panoramic views from the chalk ridge and the way the landscape slowly varies from west to east. No other walk finale can also match the... 
by Malinka van der Gaauw | Dec 12, 2023 | General, Nature & Conservation
Did you know that the South Downs is the UK’s longest National Park? The South Downs Way traces the chalk ridge for 100 miles between Winchester and Eastbourne. Even stripped of all its twists and turns, that’s still 75 miles as the crow flies, so significantly longer...