BREDE

 I've not explored the village of Brede yet, but one of my favourite roads comes out at Broad Oak Brede cross roads, just on the edge of Brede village. So meanwhile........................

If you're a biker, you'll know.....................you'll go through those lovely sweeping bends, get to the other end, and think 'sod it' and turn around and go back the other way

This is Brede High Woods, the largest area of ancient woodland in the care of the Woodland Trust charity. Brede Hill covers an enormous 747 acres (about 262 hectares). The High Woods are part of the forest that used to cover the High Weald of Kent and Sussex. Indeed, the name 'weald' means woodland. 

The Saxon weald once stretched from the Kent marshes to the forests of Hampshire - 120 miles long and 30 miles wide. The Romans knew it as the Anderidan forest, taking its' name from the Roman name for Pevensey - 'Anderida'. 

The term 'High Woods' is because what remains is not one huge forest, but 10 distinct ancient woodlands, separated by open spaces.