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CHRISTMAS EVE SHOREHAM 2007

The Climb to Mill Hill 
It says on the sign going in
at the exit to Shoreham 
"No exit to A27".   
And the road is closed at night
by a gate.  
The uninviting sign fails to say
that the exit is actually an entrance.  
So you Stridalong anyway and you see the planes.  

Martina: a Strida is a type of fold up bicycle I used to use

And then you almost exit to the A27 but you see the footpath sign 
so you Stridalong the Adur and climb up to the A27 anyway.   
And you follow the footpath on the side of the main road 
until you are able to climb the escarpment, Stridanall.  
And you climb and climb and climb and climb 
til you reach the top and the road, by the overhead bridge.  
A turn to the north and much huffing and puffing 
takes you to Mill Hill Reservoir.  
Here the radio-controlled gliders 
fly off the wind up the hill 
and the wind on 24thDec2007 
would skin a duck.