How to Walk the South Downs Way - 100 Miles in 7 Days

This is a travel guide for how to walk the South Downs Way - a 100-mile National Trails walking path that runs from Winchester to Eastbourne in the south of England.

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00:00​ Introduction
00:24 Where to Start?
00:57​ How to Get There?
01:51​ How to Find Your Way Around?
02:52​ Where to Stay?
04:15​ What to Pack?
06:24​ What to See?
08:32​ Is it Safe?
09:21 Where to Eat?
10:25​ Day to Day Itinerary
12:02​ Bonus Tips

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[MaskTracks]

Great video - love the overview and tips!

[Andy-LucyGSD]

I did this last year in four days, I was restricted by lack of time off work unfortunately. I'd definitely recommend taking longer as you did to make the most of it. I wild camped every night, didn't get disturbed at all by anyone but do set up late and leave early. I also found you cannot rely on every tap working, two were out of action so I used a water filter using river water where necessary. Good call about the trail shoes (I used the same as you) not a single blister walking 25 miles a day.
Great info in your video!

[robertcoulter]

Excellent video Matt, thanks so much for this and the link to the online guide. I'll take it with me. Starting this trail myself in two weeks so really appreciate the insight 🌿😬

[lazerbean]

Thank you so much! I’ve been researching this trail and you have provided some valuable information I had no idea about, cheers!

[melaniegarden]

Fabulous trail....and those water taps!!

[HSwanny]

Excellent vid mate.... What nightclubs did u go to each night?

[Homelessnomad]

Hey Matt, will you make more video again?

[mikecoward]

Fantastic and informative video thank you

[IgnacioGlezCllo]

I attempted the SDW late October 2020; I cocked it up on day 3 when I didn't 'manage' the weather and my trousers got soaked. Planning a new attempt end of May 2021

[chloeunderhill]

Fantastic video. I’m planning this walk soon and am trying to pick footwear. Just wondering if you had much rain on your journey and if that would have influenced you into wearing boots? I’ve read a couple of accounts of people with boots having bad blisters, but they did the walk in winter and experienced a couple of parts of the walk being waterlogged. First time doing a big hike, as you can probably tell!

[Kandangwa]

Nice video, thank you for sharing informations

[Tommotime]

Cheers fella, handy vid and tips. Going to run it Friday, handy to know re taps

[WyeExplorer]

Sound advice Matt especially with the footwear. It's good to know water supply is good and hey the weather to. Good going. Have a great week ahead. Mark

[grahamferguson]

Really enjoyed the video. Well prepared and researched. Many thanks.

[karenguttridge]

That was brilliant Matt 😍 Wish I’d been able to watch this before I walked the SDW (in Sept 2020). Interested to see you walked in Altra Lone Peaks as I’m thinking right now about getting some of those to go hiking post lockdown 😊 Thanks for all the great info ATB Karen

[georgex]

Planning to do this in February. Found the video helpful, although I am now not sure what to wear on my feet 😳

[iamvengeance]

Anyone know any good insoles for the walk to go with walking shoes

[mattwalkwild]

I hope you enjoyed this video! What hike would you like me to do next?

[jamesroche]

Different back packs in the clips, were you using luggage transfer?

[gutinstinct]

Very nice video, great page of info too =-) . Your Tripod link no longer works, but that's not hard to find one, and i was wondering how you got the camera footage onto your external memory card, did you take a laptop with you?. as you can see I'm a total beginner with all this so had too ask =-)