DIRTY WEEKENDER

Cyclist Off-Road heads for a two-day exploration of the bridleways and trails that criss-cross rural Sussex, proving that a true bikepacking adventure doesn’t have to mean going to the ends of the Earth

SAM CHALLIS

Stepping off an air-conditioned carriage onto the platform at Haywards Heath train station, the high summer heat feels stifling. It’s Friday evening and commuters are bustling this way and that as their working week draws to a close. If any of them looked up from their phones long enough to notice my bike, with its burly tyres and bikepacking bags, they’d probably assume I was off to some farflung location hours away from civilisation. Yet nothing could be further from the truth. The 18:05 train from London Bridge took just 47 minutes to get me here, and even the furthest limits of my expedition over the next two days won’t take me beyond the boundaries of a single county: Sussex. On the face of it, my fully laden bike is…

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Cyclist Off Road (Digital) - 1 Issue, Autumn 2019

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