A Sussex Village

My daughter's up this weekend as her car is now ready to be collected. I went down to Sussex to give her a lift back up to Surrey yesterday (Friday) and as the sun was shining - a bit - we decided to go to Bosham in West Sussex. It's a very tiny, but "chocolate box" village and probably best visited out of the tourist season. The streets are very narrow and go down to the harbour. At high tide the water comes up into the roads and it is not unknown for unwary motorist (who don't read or haven't seen the warning signs) to return to their cars to find them under water!

We had a wander around and visited Holy Trinity Church where, tradition has it, that King Canute's daughter is buried in the church.

I was standing at the side of the raised pavement to take this picture; the water came up the narrow street.

A typical road near the water's edge

Across part of the green (National Trust property) can be seen the Church and the War Memorial.

On our way around part of the harbour towards the church..

A narrow footpath led us down between attractive cottages

This one having its own wood store.

And as we approached the Church crossing a small stream, a notice informed us that the stream had recently been restored to preserve the habitat of the resident Water Voles.

and finally, to Holy Trinity Church - which is the oldest site of Christianity in Sussex. There is some thought that the Tower was build as a watchtower.

Fancy this as a gate in your garden wall?

After a cream tea in the local tea rooms within the Craft Shops arcade, we then drove home "the pretty way".

A great day out albeit a brief one. Regrettably my daughter has not been at all well overnight and therefore we couldn't pick up her car today. Fingers crossed for tomorrow but......