Rain and Fire
Saturday 5th November 2022
I decided, perhaps ill advisedly, to head down to the South Downs and do a rainy walk from Hassocks to Lewes, where I caught a bit of the Bonfire Night celebrations there, before heading back up into the hills for a very windy / rainy wild camp.
London November 2022
John's Pictures

13:39:04
Me, in the rain, on the way from Hassocks to the South Downs.

13:40:32
Still delightful to see this line of hills, whatever the weather.

14:09:51
It was decidedly inclement on the top.

14:21:09
A quick bit of video footage to document the weather conditions.

14:41:35
It almost looked as though it may be brightening for a moment here, but it didn't last.

14:46:04
Silly picture with a South Downs Way sign.

16:35:59
Heading into Lewes now, and here's one of the fields where the bonfires would be held later on.

16:38:48
That looks like a fairly significant bonfire in the making. I just hope they were able to get it lit given all the rain!

17:12:25
Having a pint at the Lewes Arms.

17:20:30
Some of the Bonfire processions.

17:37:16
I was rather amazed by the number of people taking part, and the amount of effort they went to with their costumes.

17:37:21
Absolutely loads of people, of all ages.

17:37:24
Kind of reminiscent of "Where's Wally?" here

17:44:57
Possibly a different bonfire society here?

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17:56:16
Back to the Lewes Arms again, although it was even more packed now so I decided not to bother trying to get in for another pint.

18:03:45
A nice gloomy lane.

18:08:54
More flaming torches etc.

18:08:59
It seems this is my last photo of the evening! I got a bit more video footage, but didn't stick around for the whole thing as I had the daunting prospect of a wild camp in the rain ahead of me!