WALK & BARBEQUE Sunday, 24^th July 2011, 10.45am - Sullington Warren
FUN DAY Sunday, 21^st August 2011, 12.30pm - Crowhurst Village Hall
South Eastern Hound Club Show Sunday, 4^th September 2011, Hickstead
WALK in ABBOTS WOOD Sunday, 25^th September 2011, 10.45am
WALK from Gill’s Lap Sunday, 23^rd October 2011, 10.45am - Ashdown Forest
WALK from the ‘Dumps’ Sunday, 20^th November 2011, 10.45am - Ashdown Forest
Xmas Lunch Sunday, 4^th December 2011, 12.30pm - The White Horse, Ditchling
WALK from Gill’s Lap Sunday, 22^nd January 2012, 10.45am - Ashdown Forest

WALK from Broadstone Car Park Sunday, 26^th February 2012, 10.45am - Ashdown Forest
BRANCH AGM Sunday, 18^th March 2012, 3.00pm - Old School Hall, Cuckfield
WALK from Long Car Park Sunday, 25^th March 2012, 10.45am - Ashdown Forest

BHC Open Sunday, 1^st April 2012, 9.00am - Argyle & Sandylands Centre, County Showground, Stafford, ST18 0BD

WALK to the Airman’s Grave Sunday, 15^th April 2012, 10.45am - Ashdown Forest

BHC AGM Sunday, 22^nd April 2012, 10.30 for 11.00am - Atherstone, Warwickshire

WALK & PICNIC at Butchershole Sunday, 20^th May 2012, 10.45am - Friston Forest

BHC Championship Show Sunday, 10^th June 2012, Bickenhill, Birmingham

WALK & PICNIC at Gill’s Lap Saturday, 16^th June 2012, 4.45pm- Ashdown Forest

MAP LEAFLET

Members received a map leaflet with their copy of LOWDOWN.

This has been designed to fit on a single A4 sheet, intended to be folded in three, with, on one side, shown on the left, maps for walks starting at Abbots Wood, Butchers Hole Bottom, Sullington Warren and Cowdray Wood, whilst on the other, shown on the right, walks starting at various car parks in the Ashdown Forest; Broadstone, Gill’s Lap, Millbrook East, Long and The Hollies.

Those who do not have a copy or for any reason require an additional one may click on the map icons for printable versions. These are pdf files, are quite large and may take some time to download.
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TOMTOM

Download a POI file for your TomTom device showing the locations we regularly visit for our events by clicking this icon . The link will take you to the TomTom website. Follow the instructions given there to download the file to your TomTom. The file will appear in your TomTom device as POI category SEBBHC, this single file includes most current and recent event locations. It is only necessary to download and install it on your device once to provide POI information for all locations.
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THE ASHDOWN FOREST

The Ashdown Forest is our most frequent destination. It lies centrally within our region being both in Sussex and Kent and offers open fence free paths for our walks. I have tried to provide sufficient information on each event page but much more information on the forest is on offer on the internet particularly on the Ashdown Forest Conservators' own site. Included on the site are details of a number of suggested walks that you might like to explore. One, the Airman’s Grave walk will be familiar to those who join us regularly on our walks. Of particular interest is their advice on walking dogs in the Forest.

iPhone or iPod users might like to download the free Ashdown Forest app from the iTunes store. It contains information on Ashdown Forest car parks, shows some walks that you might like to try and more.
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EXERCISE

The following advice is given on the Basset Hound Club website in its ‘A New Owners Guide’ regarding exercising your Basset Hound. “The Basset Hound is a heavily built hound with joints that should not be strained while the puppy is still growing. Up to about eight months a play in the garden and a five-minute walk on the lead is quite sufficient. From eight months it is recommended that walks are no longer than 15 minutes, increasing to 30 minutes at a year. Also during the first year discourage the puppy from jumping on and off furniture and running up and down steps. All fully-grown hounds (at about a year) can be exercised as much as you want, and at least one good walk a day.”
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