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I did the Hot Chillee downs link one with a minor diversion around Henfield to go up Devil’s Dyke.
The downs link old railway path was super fun and fast, smoothish old tarmac to start but goes to crushed gravel and some mud in not too much time. We figured kinda last minute that it would be fun to end with a climb rather than continue the easy fast pace down to Shoreham and across the seafront. But some of the paths Komoot took us on to get us from Henfield to the Dyke were not exactly dreamy.
Before you reach the downs link it’s mostly just canal side riding but is pretty fun still. Not tarmac tow paths but worn in dirt and stone kinda thing. Definitely would recommend if you’re not looking to have a hard, testing ride, but for fun it’s great
Ah that sounds really interesting, where would you divert off to make the climb to Ditchling Beacon? Would be a good way to end an otherwise pretty flat route. Would love to see the rough mock up